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Researchers in Scotland are set to test whether areas with higher naturally occurring levels of lithium in drinking water supplies are associated with lower levels of suicide among the local population.

Cuts to children and young people's mental health services has led to a national crisis in service provision and could lead to "tragic consequences", a charity has warned.

A new tool has been launched by NHS England that aims to help frontline staff make key interventions to address the physical health of people with mental illnesses.

Campaigners have warned that failing to measure the problem of loneliness directly is masking the scale of its impact in the UK.

Specially trained pharmacists can play a positive role in better managing the appropriate use of antipsychotic medicines for people with dementia in care homes, according to an audit of a pilot.

England's health system is failing 97% of adults with severe learning disabilities by denying them access to potentially life-transforming sight tests, eye health organisations have claimed.

A device that aims to straighten and lengthen the spine of children with scoliosis €“ a curvature of the spine €“ is supported in new NICE guidance.

Individual mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and individual cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) improve depressive symptoms for patients with diabetes and depressive symptoms, according to a study published online in Diabetes Care.

Updated NICE guidelines no longer recommend aspirin use alone, solely to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with AF.

Individuals with coeliac disease often experience "brain fog" in addition to intestinal problems, but a new study shows that adhering to a gluten-free diet can lead to improvements in cognition.

A groundbreaking project that has seen adults with Type 1 diabetes use an artificial pancreas in their own homes for an extended period for the first time has been successful at improving their night-time blood glucose levels.

Treatment with the breast cancer drug trastuzumab (Herceptin) benefits more women than are harmed. 

Carers are suffering immense emotional and physical strain leading to depression and worse, according to a survey of carers by national disability charity Vitalise.

Low cholesterol may increase kidney cancer patients' risk of dying from their disease, according to new research.

Carers provide vital support to many people with mental ill health, saving the country billions per year. So why does the Carer's Allowance remain at such a pitiful rate?