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Individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) were the only interventions found effective in an evaluation of seven commonly-used approaches to reduce the psychological harm to youth who experience trauma. read more

Senior politicians and health experts have lent their support to a public national service on mental health, which falls the eve of the 10th anniversary of the death of David 'Rocky' Bennett. Considered to be the Stephen Laurence of the mental health world, this historic landmark has again shifted the focus on to the inequalities in the treatment and care of black people using mental health services.

Treatment that combines cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with an antidepressant medication is most likely to help children with anxiety disorders, but each of the treatments alone is also effective, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of health's National Institute of Mental health (NIMH). read more

Get down to your local Mind charity shop from Monday 3 November to Saturday 8 November to get on down. Mind is celebrating the return of music to its stores after being forced to switch off the tunes earlier this year as they risked incurring a hefty fine from the Performance Rights Society (PRS).

People from racial minorities in the United States are less likely to have access to care for depression and less likely to receive adequate care when treatment is available, according to a new study in Psychiatric Services, a journal of the American Psychiatric Association.