Well it has been a long time in coming, but scientist have finally found proof that depression really is a medical problem and not just in the mind of the individuals who suffer this particular illness, as many in society think it is. Gerome Breen is a Lecturer in the MRC Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Research Centre at King’s College London, researchers lead by author Gerome Breen studied 839 families with a history of [...]

As far as mental health issues go there is a new team on the block in South Shields, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear. The South Tyneside Primary Care Trust (PCT) are taken part in a new Government-funded initiative with an aim to Improving Access to Psychological Therapies. There is six psychology experts on hand to treat individuals based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and the programme has also been approved by the National [...]