Sir John Kirwan: ‘Hope gives people life’

SPONSORED: Sir John Kirwan reveals how kindness from a stranger gave him perspective http://t.co/In7PwwjyzW pic.twitter.com/Dv5fnJk2kT — Stuff Life & Style (@StuffLifeStyle) June 25, 2015 Sir John, who also fronts the National Depression Initiative (NDI), was shopping for groceries when a woman approached him and asked if she could give him a hug. “She said, ‘you…

Professor Philip Mitchell – A longitudinal study of offspring with bipolar disorder

Professor Philip Mitchell presents at the First National Symposium on Translational Psychiatry, 4 -5 April 2011, at The John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University. Philip Mitchell is Professor and Head of the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales; Convenor of Brain Sciences UNSW; Chair of the NSW…

Depression and Sadness Are not the Same

Why Depression and Sadness Are not the Same | World of Psychology http://t.co/SAZGMiwz7n – Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) October 19, 2014 In order to be diagnosed with clinical depression, an individual must experience at least five out of nine specific symptoms, Ducharme said. (Again, this is for at least two weeks.) Individuals may feel hopeless, helpless,…

Gut bacteria ensure a healthy brain

How gut bacteria ensures a healthy brain – and could play a role in treating depression http://t.co/X0q4xUbuXF #mostread — The Conversation (@ConversationUK) October 19, 2014 The microbiome-immune system link is established early on. Over the first year of life, bacteria populate the gut, which is largely sterile at birth, and the developing immune system learns…