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 [...]

Well I could not think of a better website to display this piece of health news. It would appear that we are becoming a nation of morons, that is according to Professor Michael Crawford director of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition… According to the Professor we need to address the increasing number of brain disorders and depression as we are staring down the mouth of a doomsday scenario. Professor Crawford was speaking [...]

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 [...]

Eating your way out of depression has been a topic of some discussion for many years now and it would not be wrong to think there are many everyday foods out there that can help us do just that. With this in mind I would like to discuss yet another ‘we are what we eat’ claim. Scientists have researched another healthy eating claim for depression. It appears that eating a Mediterranean diet could reduce the [...]

It is believed that vitamin D, also referred to as the Sunshine Vitamin, plays an exciting part in the continued good health against heart disease, falls and broken bones, breast and prostate cancer. Including depression, arthritis and memory loss. The suggestion is that vitamin D can help to-ward prevention of them all. It may also help maintain healthy blood vessel function and blood pressure levels. However, researchers say more clinical trials are needed to prove [...]