Taking Fish Oil Containing Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Gives Positive Effects Upon Bipolar Disorder

While dealing with mental illness requires several different approaches to therapy, adding fish oil seems to be the easier step toward more stable moods and a much more stable life.

Taking Fish Oil Containing Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) Gives Positive Effects Upon  Bipolar Disorder

Having used fish oils containing EPA (Eicosapentaenoic acid) for many years I have obtained excellent results leading to no depression, after suffering for over ten years with it.  

Loneliness and sadness ‘not just a given’: Ending the stigma of mental health problems in older people

Loneliness and sadness ‘not just a given’: Ending the stigma of mental health problems in older people

  Article By: Charley Walker, News Editor Mental illnesses, from anxiety and depression to OCD and bipolar disorder, affect one in four of the British population regardless of age but older people are often overlooked when it comes to discussions of mental health and wellbeing. It is estimated that 85 per cent of the three […]

What I wish Stephen Fry understood about mental health

The following letter, addressed to Stephen Fry, is written by Richard Bentall, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool.

What I wish Stephen Fry understood about mental health

Mind BY: Professor Richard Bentall Stephen Fry (Pic)   Dear Stephen, You and I attended the same public school (Uppingham, in Rutland) at the same time, in the early 1970s, and our unhappy experiences there have undoubtedly helped to shape our different trajectories, which have led us to a shared interest in mental health. In your […]

‘My dad killed himself – I just couldn’t do it to my kids too’: Suicidal father, 33, speaks with brutal honesty about depression

We need to teach men to be in touch with their feelings so they don’t spiral out of control. It’s not a sign of weakness

‘My dad killed himself – I just couldn’t do it to my kids too’: Suicidal father, 33, speaks with brutal honesty about depression

Oli Jones was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2013 after bouts of depression in which he had suicidal thoughts Suffered crushing lows where he wouldn’t get out of bed for days Also experienced ‘highs’ where he would barely sleep and over-exercise Is now recovered and is campaigning to raise awareness to men’s health  By MADLEN DAVIES FOR MAILONLINE […]

Ex-nurse Jo Brand joins fight to save mental health centre from closure

Comedian Jo Brand is fighting to save a mental health centre threatened with closure.

The former psychiatric nurse has written to the Solace Centre after proposals by Ealing council to axe the out-of-hours unit as part of budget cuts.

Brand is among more than 1,600 people who have signed a petition condemning the council’s plans, warning that the threat of closure was adding to the “fears and anxiety” of those who used the centre. In her letter, posted online, she said: “As a former psychiatric nurse, I gained considerable knowledge of the discrimination experienced by people with mental health difficulties, as if the ill health wasn’t enough to cope with.