The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an electrical brain stimulator which delivers tiny shocks as a treatment for severe depression. A generator the size of a pocket watch is implanted into the chest, and wires snake up the neck to the vagus nerve, delivering tiny electric shocks through that nerve and into a region of the brain thought to play a role in mood.
The long-awaited US Supreme Court decision about online direct wine sales to consumers in other states is in. What impact — if any — will the judgement about state authority to restrict interstate online commerce have on mental health practitioners who provide online services to clients in other states, or who operate from other countries?
New research on the emotional effects of being aware of the passage of time — and, in particular, of an approaching ending — sheds some light on age-related differences in emotional experiences and may also be of interest to mental health practitioners in the context of ending therapeutic relationships.
Due to the popularity of our online counselling and online therapy services, we have had to implement a brief waiting list for new clients to the service. The waiting list is designed to ensure that you can begin counselling work as quickly as possible.
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.
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