· Benefits can be seen in as little as 2 weeks · Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is non-invasive · Patients from abroad can access treatment lasting 2 weeks, avoiding lengthy stays in London · The Wellbeing Centre has successfully treated patients for depression using TMS · Drugs for depression don’t suit everyone, says Centre’s medical director […]
Around forty per cent of transgender people have attempted to take their own lives at some point in time. That’s a shocking, harrowing statistic, supplied by the National Centre for Transgender Equality. And yet, having worked with such patients at my clinic for many years, it’s also not one that surprises me. We need to […]
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Stroke patients experience sustained problems with insomnia potentially reducing their ability to relearn key skills and putting them at increased risk of depression, a new study in the journal Scientific Reports finds. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the University of Surrey, University of Freiburg, Germany, and the University of Bern, Switzerland, […]
Circadian rhythms, the natural variations in our behaviour and activity throughout a 24-hour period, are known to affect everything from hormones to eating habits. Now, a new study led by the University of Glasgow and published in The Lancet Psychiatry, has found that disrupted circadian rhythms are associated with increased risk of mood disorders, including […]
The conventional therapeutic approach to dealing with a problem like depression is to wait for the problem to set in and then give you a drug to stop you feeling depressed. GPs often have less than 15 minutes for a single appointment so they just don’t have the time to ask a patient about the […]
Mike Thomson is a doctor from the UK, currently working in Irbid, Jordan, at a Medecins Sans Frontieres project which focuses on refugee health for those with chronic illnesses. Here he blogs about taking up a new role, as the mental health lead for the project. ‘Mental health provision was not part of the original […]
Women need considerable practical and emotional support in the early days of breastfeeding to make it successful. Those who do not want to breastfeed must be listened to, respected and understood, rather than simply told ‘breast is best. The UK remains at the bottom of the “league tables” in terms of the numbers of new […]
Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE, Founder of the children’s charity 5Rights discusses how growing up in a digital world directly impacts on a child’s development. ‘Evidence is growing of the impact of prolonged use of social media on children and young people. Recent US research, based on examining the online activities of more than half a million […]
The NHS complaints system is putting patients at risk and harming doctors’ mental health, according to a new study published in the journal BMJ Open. Researchers at Imperial College, London, have shown, for the first time, an association between the way complaints are handled and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and defensive medical practice in doctors. […]
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Watch this short video from Alcohol Concern regarding the relationship between alcohol and depression. This week is Alcohol Awareness Week 2017 #AAW2017 […]