Mental Health

Boosting walking speed and intensity could improve mental health in aging. A recent study found that strong legs are associated with a strong mind, and to achieve strong legs faster, more intense walking can be utilized. The findings come from a 10-year British study, which revealed that strong legs are linked with a strong mind. ...click here to read more

Talk therapy has been found to be an effective form of treatment for mental health as well as treating mental disorders such as schizophrenia. A recent study revealed that over two million people in America have a diagnosis of schizophrenia and primary treatment involves the use of medications. The same study also revealed the benefits ...click here to read more

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a mood disorder that can put a strain on relationships. BPD is divided into three groups known as cluster A, cluster B and cluster C. Cluster A is when individuals are odd or eccentric and involves symptoms like paranoia or schizotypal personality. Cluster B are those who are highly dramatic, ...click here to read more

Employees think their workplace should claim more responsibility for physical and mental health, according to a recent survey. The survey, conducted by Sun Life Financial, found that Canadians hold their employers responsible for the physical and mental health of employees. To measure how Canadians felt about healthy lifestyle practices, the Sun Life Canadian Health Index ...click here to read more

A new study suggests that women who feel extra forgetful could be showing signs of future dementia. Allison Kaup, Ph.D., from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine said, “We studied older women who noticed themselves having memory problems but who still performed normally on a standard test. These findings raise the possibility ...click here to read more

Has your husband been acting a little odd lately? Driving too fast, changing car lanes aggressively and cutting people off more than usual? Is he more openly hostile than ever before, while at the same time more sullen and introverted, cutting himself off from friends and family? Toxoplasma gondii, a nasty parasite, courtesy of your ...click here to read more

Eighty-five percent of depression treatment apps that are currently accredited by the National Health Services (NHS) have been found to lack evidence of their effectiveness. This is problematic because a stamp of approval from NHS may increase patients’ reliance on them as a form of treatment but, unfortunately, many of them fall short. Researchers feel ...click here to read more

A sedentary lifestyle – sitting – has been found to contribute to higher rates of anxiety and depression. Although once again we are stressing how bad prolonged sitting and a sedentary lifestyle is for your health, research continues to mount because we as a society continue to sit too much. When we are sitting we’re ...click here to read more

Mood disorders and cognitive problems can occur with the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), which researchers can now determine through eye movements. Mood swings can be quite common in those with MS, from crying at a commercial, to yelling at loved ones without much reason. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease where the immune system ...click here to read more

Unhealthy diets containing junk food have been shown to affect the brain and lead to poor mental health. The findings come from researchers at Deakin University and the Australian National University. Specific findings concluded that a part in the brain – the hippocampus – has been shown to be smaller in those who consume junk ...click here to read more

A new study is opening up avenues to detect more symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients. It is a pioneering study in understanding the role of the spindle and kinetochore-associated complex subunit 2 (SKA2) gene in the development of PTSD. The details of the study, which were orchestrated by researchers at Boston University ...click here to read more

Sleep pertains to an actual phase in which both the body and mind are allowed to rest. During sleep, a person is generally inactive and thus, not aware of his or her immediate surroundings. Individuals experiencing sleep problems due to physical and/or mental health conditions such as stress are likely unable to get enough rest ...click here to read more

Alzheimer’s Disease International reports that in 2013 there was an estimated 44.4 million individuals with dementia globally. That number is projected to rise to 75.6 million by 2030 as the population continues to age. Although there is no cure for dementia, diagnosis can still aid in treatment methods and work to improve a person’s way ...click here to read more

On the stage of life, our emotions tend to mimic classic theatre masks. Representing the division between comedy and tragedy, the masks are symbols of drama. Simply put, when something is funny, we laugh. When something is sad, we cry. These are typical reactions to an event or story. But, for people with pseudobulbar affect, ...click here to read more