The Latest Breaking News on Mental health

Burnout is now such a specific experience that researchers are investigating whether it should be included as a mental health condition in its own right, alongside psychological illnesses like anxiety or depression, with which burnout is frequently confused. And this Australian research is at the cutting edge.

The stigma surrounding complex mental health is such that Elfy Scott completed a psychology degree to learn more – but even that fell short

Some 32% say that if they could treat their mental health issues with cannabis-based remedies over antidepressants then they would because they think it's safer

Scott Hanley has claimed that turning to exercise helped him reverse the vast majority of his Parkinson's symptoms and has left him able to sleep at night once more

Linda Sutherland was told she was suffering with depression, after losing her husband Ronnie, but her two children took her to the doctors after growing concerned and realised their mum had a progressive stage of Alzheimer's

Early intervention could reduce your risk of developing dementia-related disease

The rare single-celled Naegleria fowleri amoeba - which was only detected 31 times in around 10 years - is taken into the body through the nostrils before travelling up to the brain, which it destroys

Doctors had told Linda she was depressed, but her family knew it was much more serious

Scott Hanley was diagnosed with stage 2 Parkinson's disease