• June 19, 2021'Our beautiful daughter was abandoned by mental health services' – a father's mission
  This then is the story that led to the formation of Scotland’s newest mental health charity – the Joshi Project – an effort to prevent, or at least reduce, such tragedies in the future. News of the … Read More »
• June 17, 2021Woman petrified of throwing up in public hasn't left her home for two years
  Kiera Jimson’s emetophobia – a fear of vomiting – started when she was just a child and has become so unbearable she has been practically housebound since 2019 … Read More »
• June 17, 2021Treating Needle Fears May Reduce COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Rates by 10 Percent
  Strikingly, these individuals were twice as likely to report that they were COVID-19 vaccine hesitant – that is, they would put off getting vaccinated or indeed never get the jab. The study indicates … Read More »
• June 17, 2021Health anxiety: Why the condition has got so much more common during the pandemic
  Dr Heather Sequeira has had at least four times as many referrals for people whose worries about their health are seriously affecting their lives … Read More »
• June 16, 2021‘Our children are coming to terms with a different life’
  Educators and researchers say this kind of intervention is the best way to keep children and teenagers from spiralling. It is too early to tell what the long-term impact of the pandemic on mental … Read More »
• June 16, 2021Esther’s walking on water after Great North Swim for tinnitus charity
  Taking part in the Great North Swim to raise money for the British Tinnitus Association was an amazing experience Esther has lived with tinnitus for five years now. She shared: “Taking part in the … Read More »
• June 16, 2021UK Covid LIVE: Boris and Starmer in PMQs clash over Freedom Day delay amid fears over Pfizer jab shortage
  Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer have clashed in the Commons over the four-week delay to so-called Freedom Day ahead of a planned vote on the extension of Covid restrictions in England until July 19 … Read More »
• June 16, 2021These 12 online therapy services all cost less than $35, and most are free
  Help for anxiety and depression isn’t always expensive. Group therapy and pro bono services offer therapist- and peer-led support for free or cheap. Read More »
• June 16, 2021The Game-Changing Tweaks That Helped One Insomniac Sleep Again
  I had trouble getting to sleep on and off for decades” she tells HuffPost UK. “I had to have prescription sleeping pills as back-up for those nights when I was still wide awake and increasingly … Read More »
• June 16, 2021UK Covid LIVE: Pfizer jab shortage fears as ministers ‘to be advised against mass-vaccination of children’
  Shortages of Covid vaccines have forced the NHS to slow the rollout of jabs despite the Prime Minister saying a four-week delay to full reopening was to allow for the programme to ramp up. Read More »
• June 16, 2021‘I know it’s irrational’: Could treating needle phobia reduce Covid vaccine hesitancy?
  People with fear of needles and injections more likely to report delaying or never getting the jab, finds report … Read More »
• June 15, 2021Covid: Treating needle phobias could reduce vaccine hesitancy
  If those with needle phobias are treated and successfully cured then coronavirus vaccine hesitancy could be reduced, according to researchers. The new study by the department of psychiatry at the … Read More »