Mental Health
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Prozac makes shrimps like light
Massive dosing of anti-depressants to human patients may be having unexpected side-effects – placing marine life at risk, experts warn today. Read more
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Anxiety may aggravate heart disease
Patients with heart disease who suffer from anxiety face a significantly increased risk of further illness, researchers warned last night. Read more
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Dangerous myth of creativity
The idea that great artists are stimulated by drugs and alcohol is a "dangerous myth," a psychiatrist said yesterday. Read more
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Does smoking cause depression?
New and bold claims about how cigarette smoking may cause people to become depressed are made today. Read more
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40 somethings urged to act on health concerns
British adults are "talk and no action" when it comes to getting healthy, ministers claimed yesterday as they set out to persuade the middle-aged to do more. Read more
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Bipolar – the new fashion
Bipolar disorder – the mood swing disease – is becoming a fashionable new illness, psychiatrists warned yesterday. Read more
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Media images damage women – psychiatrists
Women are being driven to damage themselves by media images of "perfect" and often under-sized bodies, psychiatrists warned last night. Read more
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Needles treat baby blues
Acupuncture can effectively treat the depression experienced by many pregnant women, researchers reported last night. Read more
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Don’t fail new mums, midwives told
Women who find become mothers difficult should not be treated as "failures", a midwives’ conference is to be told. Read more
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A happy heart, a healthy heart
Happy people enjoyed a significantly reduced risk of developing heart disease, according to a major study released today. Read more