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The mental health benefits of regular physical activity, and its role in preventing future depressive illness

There is a large body of literature which examines the mental health benefits of physical activity.

Booster Pills The Quick Fix?

Stellenbosch doctors warn against the addiction and dependence which can develop from taking Ritalin.

Oscar’s ‘part-time’ assessment

Who punished him twice?

 

Post-traumatic stress disorder can be treated, but it never goes away, a veteran writes

An Army veteran of the Iraq conflict, writing Sunday in The New York Times, provides a harrowing description of the […]

Compensatory Response Shields Mice from Depression-like Behaviors

Scientists have traced vulnerability to depression-like behaviors in mice to out-of-balance electrical activity inside neurons of the brain’s reward circuit […]

What is Bipolar Disorder?

Bipolar disorder, also known as manic-depressive illness, is a brain disorder that causes extreme changes in mood, energy and the […]

Depression Shrinks The Brain, And Now Scientists Have Found The Protein Responsible For It

Science has known for some time that depression, the devastating neurological disorder, has the curious property of shrinking the sufferer’s […]

Stress Starts Up The Machinery of Major Depression

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Life’s precipice puts addiction into perspective

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University of Stellenbosch
South African Medical Research Council
University of Cape Town