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Tackling women's mental health with music and tech

Mental health problems affect both men and women, but not in equal measure. According to the Mental Health Foundation, one in five adults has a ... View article...

Why we are spotlighting brain and mental health innovations at this year's awards

Depression, PTSD, perinatal mental health conditions and the psychological weight of hormonal disorders affect hundreds of millions of women worldwide ... View article...

Herefordshire mental health charity 'transformed' farmer's life

A retired farmer who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after a serious Covid infection has credited an agricultural mental health charity with ... View article...

Don't worry, be happy: mental decline 'not inevitable' with age

The key to staying fit and mentally agile may be a positive outlook, scientists found, suggesting improvement in later life was common. The biggest ... View article...

MAGA influencer claims headphones 'make you gay' sparking social media mockery

MAGA influencer Ian Miles Cheong has been widely mocked on social media after claiming a Netherlands study proves headphones can make people gay . View article...

Quentin Crisp was trans, activists claim

In a 1977 interview, Crisp, who lived his life as an effeminate gay man, said sex was immutable and that he was not a woman, even though he wished he ... View article...

'Ex‑gay' activist Matthew Grech cleared of promoting gay conversion therapy in Malta

Matthew Grech - a self‑described “ex‑ gay ” activist with longstanding links to organisations promoting the discredited notion of sexual‑orientation ... View article...

Russia bans a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group as extremist in a new blow to the ...

A Russian court has banned a prominent LGBTQ+ rights group and has labeled it as extremist in the latest step in the country's crackdown on the ... View article...

Mental health services must act to reverse traumatic effects of racism, says new report

Racism not only causes trauma and mental illness but also prevents people from getting the right support for their mental health. View article...

Nearly three-quarters of UK women unaware menopause can trigger new mental illness

The findings have prompted what is described as the first targeted position statement on menopause and mental health from a major UK medical body. View article...

How AI is being used to support positive mental health

Emma-Louise Amanshia speaks to Anya Aggarwal, a mental health clinician who helps people using the Wysa AI chatbot. View article...

Talking therapy trial for self-harming young people launches

The study is recruiting young people through Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Cameron Latham, a co-investigator who also has ... View article...