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29th May, 2015

Mindfulness and Health: This is Why it Works

We’re still learning what there is to know about mindfulness. One thing we know with absolute certainty is that it’s stellar for mental health. What we haven’t so sure about is how it actually works.

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Depression: When the Symptoms Make Sense

5th May, 2015

Depression As Adaption: When the Symptoms Make Sense.

We humans can be so spectacularly different, but we do share some common ground. We’re driven by relatively similar needs and have within us everything we need to fulfil those needs. That doesn’t mean we always meet our needs well. In fact, sometimes our attempts to meet our needs can be breathtakingly disastrous. Who hasn’t been there?

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Mindfulness as Effective as Medication for Relapse

1st May, 2015

Mindfulness as Effective as Medication in Preventing Relapse in Depression

Mindfulness – the practice of attending to thoughts and feelings in the present moment – has been the focus of a lot of research attention recently and even under the full glare of science, it just keeps getting better.

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1st April, 2015

Depression: Why Talking Isn’t Enough

Talking about mental illness openly is an important step towards ridding humanity of a stigma that’s breathtaking in its ignorance and dangerous in its effect. But something more needs to happen.

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Living With Anxiety and Depression. (A Moving Personal Account by Sharon Rowe)

18th March, 2015

Guest Post: Living With Depression and Anxiety. A Moving Personal Account

By Sharon Rowe

Sometimes I wish there was some physical sign that would show the suffering I feel on the inside. If I had a broken leg I would wear a plaster cast, but because my illness is inside my head, no one really knows how or what I feel unless I choose to share.

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Research Finds Possible New Direction for Treatment of Depression

3rd March, 2015

Compelling Research Discovers A Potential Cause of Depression Symptoms

Compelling new research has discovered a previously unknown cause of depression, opening way for new potential new treatment pathways. The significance of this enormous as over half of all people who have major depression are not able to find relief from antidepressants.

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Mindfulness: What. How. And Why We Should All Find the 5 Minutes a Day

26th February, 2015

Mindfulness: What. How. And The Difference 5 Minutes a Day Will Make

What mindfulness can do is remarkable. Once the domain of Buddhist monks or the ‘alternative’, mindfulness has made its way into modern medicine and modern life, and the world is taking notice.

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13th February, 2015

Talking to Your Teen About Mental Health and Depression (Without Saying ‘Mental’ or ‘Depression’)

Day to day ups and downs are a normal part of adolescence, making it difficult to distinguish between normal teenage moodiness and depression. Teens might not always be able to articulate what they’re going through, and they might not want to talk about it to you, but starting the conversation will help to protect their mental well-being.

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2nd February, 2015

The Question That Could Save a Life

It takes courage to ask for help. Sometimes it takes just as much courage to ask if someone needs it.

Everyone has their ups and downs but if someone you know is acting differently, he or she could be depressed.

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23rd January, 2015

Depression: A Leading Cause & What To Do About It

It’s been said that the ‘unexamined life is not worth living’, but too much analysis will bring trouble.

Rumination – thinking about something over and over without reaching a solution – has been well established as a risk factor for depression and relapse into depression.

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