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Almost seven percent of South African people age 20 or older have a personality disorder, an umbrella term for several personality types characterized by chronic social dysfunction, a large study funded by NIMH and others reveals. However, less than one-fifth of the people with a disorder received mental-health treatment in the year before the study. More than one-third of those with a personality disorder also had a substance abuse disorder or an anxiety, mood or impulse-control disorder. read more

It's the opposite of a vicious cycle: Healthy people might be happier, and a new study shows that people who are happy and satisfied with their lives might be healthier. Moreover, the benefit comes with a quick turnaround time, with greater happiness possibly boosting health in as little as three years. read more

You may have heard that Moving people, the major anti-discrimination programme in mental health, has been looking for a new name - and you may have helped find one by taking part in one of our surveys. The programme, in which Mind is a partner along with Mental health Media, Rethink and the Institute of Psychiatry, is now delighted to be able to unveil our new identity - Time to Change.

Millions of children across the United States suffer from disorders such as Tourette's Syndrome and anxiety disorders, including Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - conditions which often affect their performance in School on both social and academic levels.