A study by a Harvard University professor published in the British Journal of Psychiatry reports that risk factors for suicide are consistent across seventeen countries. According to the study, the risk factors for suicidal thoughts, plans and attempts are; being female, having a mental disorder, being unmarried and being younger and less educated. [...]

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A recent article posted on Science Daily reported on research in which scientists studied treatment patterns for insomniacs. The scientists’ findings suggest that doctors are less likely to prescribe sleep aids, even those without risk of dependence, to insomniacs who also suffer from disorders such as depression or anxiety. The data showed these [...]

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Risk for retinal vein blockage more than doubles when these
conditions go untreated

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They’re 4 to 5 times more likely to suffer symptoms, but trained
counselors could help

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It eased anxiety, corrected belief that reliving memories must be
avoided, study concludes

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Headline of the day. “Space cockroach” now a granny. The space race revived. At the “Voronezh Medical Academy, 470 kilometres south of Moscow”. Image source: National Archives USA

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This weekend’s edition of All in the Mind comes from the Sydney Writer’s Festival, with two talented debut novelists, Canadian Dr Vincent Lam, and New Yorker Stefan Merrill Block. Block’s fictional exploration of catastrophic memory loss in The Story of…

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Stress levels comparable to those seen in returning Afghanistan war
veterans, study says

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Study finds little more than half of patients were checked, only
39% met treatment goals

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Here are ways to prevent feeling burned out and stressed

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