the Mental health community of South Africa

How teenage girls can manage stress

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:28:00 +0200

Greater influence over everyday life, emotional support, and cultural and recreational activities help to enable teenage girls to withstand stress. Those were the results of a dissertation from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Internet-based programs effective in treating depression - new study

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:41:00 +0200

In a discovery that could lead to new treatment approaches for depression, researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) have shown that internet-based therapy programs are as effective as face-to-face therapies in combating the illness.
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Money worries make women spend more

Thu, 21 May 2009 07:22:00 +0200

At times of crisis women are more inclined to spend themselves out of misery than at stable times, a new survey suggests. Psychologists say that the recession could force more women to overspend or increase their risk of mental illness.
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Research looks at the effect of sexual jokes, innuendo and flirtation in the workplace

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:27:00 +0200

Be careful of that raunchy joke that gets all the laughs. As funny as folks at work may find it, it's probably hurting morale.
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How men, women handle stress… it's in your genes

Mon, 06 Apr 2009 06:32:00 +0200

How men and women cope differently with stress has been traced to genetic differences.
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Psychiatric disorders common in adults who have had anorexia

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:43:00 +0200

Many adults who were diagnosed as teenagers to be suffering from anorexia nervosa cannot work due to psychiatric disorders. A follow-up 18 years after the onset of anorexia has shown that one in four are on disability benefit or have been signed off sick. The long-term follow-up by the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, does, however, show some encouraging results.
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Virgin Active breaks down ‘Bigorexia'

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:21:00 +0200

Current lifestyle trends in South Africa are seeing more and more people move towards healthier lifestyles.
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Unhappy children grow into sick adults

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 07:43:00 +0200

Children who are unhappy are more likely to grow into adults who are permanently sick or disabled, according to a new UK study.
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When less attention improves behaviour

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:10:00 +0200

Confabulation, a devastating memory disorder consisting in the uncontrolled production of "false memories", often leads patients to act upon these memories. Now a new study indicates, among other findings, that lack of attention during memory retrieval is not the reason for confabulation.
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Possible test for autism raises calls for an ethical debate

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:56:00 +0200

New research by British scientists means prenatal testing for autism is a possibility, but has evoked calls for an ethical debate on the issue.
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