Looking at life through the prism of psychology, philosophy, mental health and more. Originally created by counsellor, psychotherapist and philosopher Dr Greg Mulhauser, this blog is now the work of an international team of contributors.
The Mental Health Foundation today launched ‘Blood, Sweat, NO Tears’, an email campaign to spread the message that exercise is good for your mental health. This follows the UK charity’s activities during Mental Health Action Week 2005, which included the launch of a year-long campaign calling for patients with depression to be offered exercise on prescription.
Sudden changes in direction and mental focus caused by handling large volumes of emails can have a greater negative impact on IQ than taking canabis, according to a psychiatrist at London University.
If you are a practitioner who, like me, spends hours at the keyboard every day and writes a couple of hundred thousand words each year, it is probably only a matter of time before keyboard comfort — and the possibility of repetitive strain injury — becomes an issue that cannot be ignored. See our hands-on review of an ergonomic keyboard that takes the pain out of typing.
Researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in the United States are seeking participants for a nationwide investigation into pharmaceutical treatments for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Participants receive medication and related medical care free of charge.
The advertising of prescription anti-depressants directly to consumers has been shown to exert a strong influence on the behaviour of prescribing physicians: if a patient requests a specific anti-depressant such as Paxil, they are much more likely to be prescribed that medication by their physician than if they don’t make such a request.
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