mental

Eating healthily has a ‘direct relationship’ with better mental health, study confirms

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Diets improve BRAIN as well as body: Cutting back on fat and sugar has a ‘direct relationship’ with good mental health and cognitive function Scientists looked at past research to see how food affected mental health They found there were definite links in some areas and vaguer in others The Mediterranean diet was found to … Read more

Do insurance fears stop people talking about mental health?

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JOHNNY TIMPSON: We encourage men to talk about mental health but do worries about insurance in the future cause some to suffer in silence? By Johnny Timpson For This Is Money Published: 09:15 GMT, 18 February 2020 | Updated: 09:15 GMT, 18 February 2020 Johnny Timpson, a financial protection specialist at Scottish Widows, says that … Read more

Children with mental health problems must be severely unwell before they can get help at NHS

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Children with mental health problems ‘are having to attempt SUICIDE’ to get treatment because NHS trusts are turning them away ‘unless they have severe symptoms’ Third of mental health trusts in England only accept kids with ‘severe’ symptoms  GPs said children were having to attempt or threaten suicide to get referred Just one in five … Read more

Sleep is vital for teenagers’ mental and physical development, experts tell parents

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Parents should set strict bedtimes for teenagers right up until the age of 18, sleep experts say. Getting enough sleep in the teenage years is vital for mental and physical development. Yet increasingly independent teens, equipped with smartphones and computer games, are staying up deep into the night in what experts call an ‘epidemic of … Read more

SERENA LIPSCOMB got her cancer all-clear aged eight… but the physical and mental toll never ends

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Many cancer units treating children have a brass bell attached to the wall. Ringing it signals the time when the children have finished their treatment and can finally start to get on with their lives. These chimes mark a huge milestone for them and their families, and provide inspiration for fellow patients. When I was … Read more

Trevor Eve reveals the midlife mental collapse that left him needing decades of therapy

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As a portrait of a man’s mental collapse, Trevor Eve’s debut novel is brutal. Its central character, Ever Millen, has a mind that fragments despite the pharmacopoeia of uppers, downers and sleeping pills he snatches at to halt his decline. It’s fiction, but you have to wonder just how familiar Eve is, personally, with the … Read more