Last year, UBC nursing professor John Oliffe set out to discover how attitudes toward depression differ between men and women. A national survey of English-speaking adult Canadians, male and female,…
We talk a lot about ending the stigma around mental illness, and today, Bell Canada wants us all to talk about it a little more. The Bell Let’s Talk campaign…
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been in the news in the few days since Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, spoke out about her son Track’s experiences coming home from…
PBS Newshour is running a short series on Understanding Autism this week, and if you have 10 minutes to spare, it’s well worth a look. Tuesday’s segment features Steve Silberman,…
Source: Be Game Ready app. Physical activity can be a huge help when you’re dealing with mental health issues, but participating in sports isn’t a free pass. Athletes often need…
Horror games don’t usually have much to recommend them on the mental health front. Sanity meters, overblown hallucinations, “crazy” villains–these tropes don’t hold up to scrutiny. Darkest Dungeon does things…
Given that mental health issues can impact every part of life, it should come as no surprise that a business’s success depends in part on the mental health of its…
Prof Russell Foster, a neuroscientist from the University of Oxford, said lack of sleep is damaging the health of the nation, with too many early risers trying to function with…
By: Susan Arendt Robin Williams died yesterday at the age of 63, apparently taking his own life after dealing with long-term serious depression. This was heartbreaking news for many people,…