Frankie Bridge has detailed her ‘shame’ she felt performing with The Saturdays on stage after gaining four stone in her first pregnancy. During Friday’s Loose Women, the singer, 32, opened up about her issues with depression as she told how she felt ’embarrassed’ about singing with the band with her changing shape. Frankie, who shares … Read more
Do you prefer city living? You might be a PSYCHOPATH: People who feel less connected to nature tend to have ‘dark’ personality traits, study finds City lovers score highly for Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy People who feel only a weak connection with nature have psychopathic traits Mental health charity Mind says time in nature can … Read more
Fears over lockdown depression time bomb as GP diagnoses tumble in 2020 – despite the number of people reporting symptoms DOUBLING New official data shows one in five adults experienced depression in early 2021 That is more than double what was observed before the Covid-19 pandemic But the number of GP diagnoses for depression fell … Read more
Rates of depression in Britain have DOUBLED since start of Covid pandemic – but fewer people are getting diagnosed, official data shows Office for National Statistics found one in five had depression so far this year compared to one in 10 pre-Covid Poorer people – with less than £850 of disposable income – three times … Read more
Nearly half of older millennials already have chronic health conditions, a new survey suggests. Some 44 percent of people born between 1981 and 1988 have already been diagnosed with at least one chronic medical condition, according to the CNBC/Harris poll. The most common conditions among the group were migraines, depression and asthma, diabetes type 2 … Read more
A lawyer who was suspended for telling a joke likening Africans to cannibals has won a discrimination case against his legal firm because he was suffering from mental health issues at the time, a tribunal has ruled. Mike Taplin, a managing partner at a national firm based in Derby, made an offensive joke, remarked about … Read more
Lockdown has had a catastrophic impact on so many aspects of our lives, not least in terms of mental health. For some, depression has been triggered or exacerbated by worries — a study this year by Exeter University and King’s College London found loneliness emerging as a key factor linked to worsening symptoms of depression … Read more
Sir Mick Jagger was devastated when his long-term partner, fashion designer L’Wren Scott, was found dead in her Manhattan apartment seven years ago. Now to keep her legacy alive, the Rolling Stones frontman reveals he is initiating a sale of her dress collection, set to raise as much as £115,000, to boost a scholarship in … Read more
Many people have seen their mental health take a hit amid the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, which has forced us all to spend more time indoors away from friends and loved ones. If you’re at a low ebb, nutritionists have revealed some of the top feel-good foods that can help to reduce symptoms of depression, as … Read more
Can there be anything more relaxing than sitting on the bank of a river, fishing, watching the water gently flow past, surrounded by wildlife and flowers and with the sun on your face? And might this also be a treatment for depression and anxiety? The idea is not as strange as it sounds. In fact, … Read more