The Latest Breaking News on Mental health

Millions of Australians live with mental ill health and companies are gearing up to take advantage of new psychedelics-as-medicine rules.

Australia is now the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder

Melville Nyatondo, who studied at Magee campus, hopes to make personalised medicine 'accessible and applicable' in Africa

The psychedelic drugs are used to treat PTSD and treatment-resistant depression

Around 3% of people are estimated to be autistic and it is a lifelong disability. Most autistic people experience the sensory world differently, such as places being too loud or too bright. We also typically communicate in a more direct way than is usual.

Walking enhances connections within and between three different brain networks, including one linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health, adding to the growing body of research showing that exercise is beneficial for brain health. Read further on Dynamite News:

This compared to more active users of social media, researchers found.

In an article for the Record, Elliot Grant-Conlin writes about his mental health and calls on the Scottish Government to address the 'two tier' system in services

Further research is needed to investigate the clinical and public health implications of the findings.