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Diet and Depression

Over the years various lines of enquiry have pointed to the fact that mood is affected by food. Not uncommonly, the focus has tended to be on particular types of sugary or fatty foods along with their nutritional value, or lack of. Most people, for example, have heard of the benefits of the Mediterranean diet in so far as it appears to protect... Read moreChevron

Drowning Your Sorrows: the link between alcohol and depression

The history of depression and alcohol is both long and well documented. Reasons for hitting the bottle range from a simple desire to lift mood to that of reaching a state of oblivion. Many people assume that alcohol follows depression in the way that taking aspirin follows a headache. Unfortunately the self-medication notion of alcohol is only... Read moreChevron

Cutting and other forms of self harm

Cutting is a form of deliberate self harm. It can be thought of as a physical manifestation of psychological distress. Cutting is a way of coping as much as a means of communication. It should always be taken seriously and viewed as a sign of genuine distress. Most self harm is undertaken by young people, with girls most likely to use... Read moreChevron

Sleep, Health and Depression

  The association between sleep disturbances and depression is quite well known but research is revealing a number of other implications. Insomnia used to be thought of as a symptom of depression but growing evidence suggests it may actually precede depression and increases our risk of other health problems including obesity, heart disease... Read moreChevron

Exercise & Mental Health

Exercise is increasingly proclaimed as a cost-effective, natural and highly accessible activity that has both preventative and curative properties in relation to mood states. The evidence linking physical exercise to improved mental health is somewhat mixed, both in terms of rigour and the outcomes. However, the trend suggests that moderate... Read moreChevron

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