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Abnormal sequences of DNA play a role in risk of early onset bipolar disorder

Social exclusion and inequality make mental health problems worse in homosexuals

Researchers say test accurately predicts response to escitalopram

Youths who often miss school more likely to suffer mental illness

Survey looking at mental health in workers looking for participants

Our military heroes were honoured this week - let's not forget the mentally scarred

“Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger” saying put to the test

Street Soccer Scotland hosts first Christmas football match to help reduce isolation on Christmas da

Tweets trending towards #unhappiness in 2011

Mental Health North East has issued advice for the Christmas period

Ex-Mental Health Commission boss wants changes in law

Employers are still refusing to address the mental health of their workforce

Postnatal depression is not widely discussed by health professionals

Need for significant improvements in care delivery for patients with dementia

OECD exposes myths and misconceptions about mental illness and work

Facebook to collaborate with mental health organisations to prevent suicide

MHF’s fact sheet explains being mentally healthy is not simply being without a mental illness

psychological therapies to be opened up to help from the private sector

Depression prevention programmes are successfully helping children and adolescents

Researchers have found that an intranasal form of oxytocin can improve one’s self-perception in social situations

New method, which they have tested with children, goes beyond the approaches of traditional behavioural therapy

Young Australians are at crisis point because of a technological generation gap

Scientific research suggests that psychopathy is a much misunderstood disorder

More young people are overcoming their problems with drug and alcohol misuse

When children have experienced family violence their brains become 'tuned' for sources of threats

How will a Big Society affect the lives of people with mental health issues?

David Cameron unveils proposals for patients to have early access to new and experimental drugs

Staying in touch with others may help to retard cognitive and physical issues which are associated with aging

An £18.6m health centre, including a dedicated mental health team, is due to open in Portsmouth

Victoria Beckham is the latest celebrity to speak out about being the victim of bullying

New survey by the Office of National Statistics found Britons emotionally untouched by the recession

Disability specialist awarded all 7 government contracts
Self-harm is at one of the highest ever recorded levels in the UK

A new Bill which outlaws the discrimination of people suffering from mental health problems in the workplace has been backed by ministers

Comic relief, and the Government's Department of Mental Health, will provide £20m in funding for the Time To Change campaign

Feeling that you must be the perfect mum or dad can cause stress and lead to the undermining of parenting skills