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Entries from February 2010

Seminar for women who have experienced mental health problems during or after pregnancy

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

Bipolar Scotland are running a seminar on Perinatal Services for women who have experienced mental health problems during/after pregnancy. The event will take place on Friday 16 April 2010, at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel, 201 Ingram Street, Glasgow, G1 1DQ, 2pm – 4pm (registration from 1.30pm).

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Tags: Events · Postnatal depression · Women

How many people are depressed?

February 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments

You may or may not know that the most quoted statistic for the number of people who have Depression is one in five in their lifetime. But how correct is this?  Are a lot more people affected by depression but keeping it to themselves?  A recent poll by Turning Point put the number at 3 [...]

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Tags: Depression Statistics · Incidence of Depression

Depressed people feel more grey than blue

February 10th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Researchers have found people with Anxiety and Depression are more likely to use a shade of grey to represent their mental state.
Peter Whorwell, Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology at University Hosptial South Manchester, worked with a team of researchers from the University of Manchester to create an instrument that would allow people a choice of [...]

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Tags: Anxiety · January Blues · Research · Uncategorized · winter blues