People from Scotland's most deprived areas are more than three times as likely to be treated for mental illness than those in more af...

Depression is the second most common cause of disability worldwide after back pain, according to research. Globally, only a small proporti...

Few visitors to the Socialist Courier   blog will need to be told of the great frequency and seriousness of mental and emotional disturb...

Why are Scots sicker than the rest of the UK? Dr Phil Hanlon and researchers at the Centre for Population Health have compared life, inc...

Suicide rates in older men in Northern Ireland have jumped significantly over the past decade. Austerity measures, job losses and mortgage ...

The mental health of Scottish workers is being put at risk thanks to the "relentless pressure" of management systems meant to inc...

The number of people in Scotland prescribed antidepressants has reached record levels, with more than one in seven people taking the drugs....

A third of young people in Scotland feel down or depressed either always or often, a youth charity claimed.  One in ten young people feels...

10,000 over-75s in Scotland will spend Christmas Day alone because their children are too busy to visit them, a new report claimed today. A...

It turns out trying to keep up with the Joneses can lead to your own death. The more money your neighbors make, the more likely you are to ...

Scots are suffering more mental health problems because of the economic downturn, according to the largest ever study on the subject. Livi...

Men from low socio-economic backgrounds living in deprived areas are ten times more likely to die by suicide than men from high socio-econo...

Scotland's suicide rate is almost 80% higher than England and Wales. More people die by suicide than from road accidents and drug death...

Job insecurity is nothing new for those on the lower rungs of the economic ladder. Since the '70s and '80s, a shifting labor market...

More than one in 10 adults in Scotland are taking anti-depressants every day, according to official statistics. Ten years ago it was estima...

According to the Depression ­Alliance Scotland, 16% of Scots will be diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives.Around one in 10...

Three out of four workers are losing sleep worrying about job security, performance at work and finances, with civil servants, bankers and f...

A series of studies published reveals child poverty may be more serious for many families than had been previously believed.the Scottish g...

First discussed here , we now read that the UK government are now going to finance similar therapy services in England to help identify th...

Long working hours may raise the risk of mental decline and possibly dementia, research suggests The study found that those working more tha...