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02 | 04 | 2012
Photographer creates emotive images to help cope with depression

 

What does severe depression look like in photographs? The work of photographer Christian Hopkins may offer a clue. The 20-year-old photographer has been battling Major

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22 | 04 | 2013
Nathan Azrin Dies at 82; Changed the Field of Behavioral Psychology

When Nathan Azrin was appointed director of treatment development at Anna State Hospital in Illinois in 1958, a majority of the patients he was expected to treat were schizophrenic,

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22 | 04 | 2013
Black Dogs are not just for Depression Awareness Week

Talking about depression is not easy.  Writers and poets affected by the black dog have crafted great works around conveying its multifaceted, tangled and at times debilitating nature

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19 | 04 | 2013
Electroconvulsive Therapy Can Restore Quality of Life for Some Severely Depressed Patients

Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to that of healthy individuals, researchers say.

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19 | 04 | 2013
Depression: Don't suffer in silence

AN estimated 2.3 million people suffer from depression in the UK but yet so many of us are too embarrassed to talk about it, preferring to hide our emotions away rather than face up to the

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19 | 04 | 2013
Brian Eno branches out into hospital work

His music has been heard on radio stations and in stadium concerts around the world - including at the London Olympics opening

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19 | 04 | 2013
Depression in the Elderly - In Search of a Secular Church

"Any person over seventy five should have the right to end his life", says 87 year old George. A disturbing thought echoed by "tired of life", 93 year old Joyce.
"I think there should

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19 | 04 | 2013
Can the Eyes Predict Bipolar Disorder?

ou have bipolar disorder, and so did your mother and her father, plus other relatives. You're worried about whether your child will inherit bipolar disorder. Will a specialized eye exam

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19 | 04 | 2013
LeAnn Rimes addresses anorexia claims, says she's much happier after gaining weight

The 30-year-old sparked fears for her health at the time, looking worryingly thin in a bikini following her wedding to Eddie Cibrian in 2011.

But she insists she didn't have a

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18 | 04 | 2013
Souzou: Outsider Art From Japan, Wellcome Collection - exhibition review

Outsider Art, Psychotic Art, Art beyond Reason, the art of the insane — and perhaps, even, in these enlightened days of political correctitude when we may no longer dub a man a lunatic, an

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18 | 04 | 2013