Brainetics scam is rising to the top of the search engines and Google trends today. Last year, Mike Byster created the popular Brainetics educational system that teaches math and memory skills. It was
quickly awarded a 2008 Parents' Choice Gold Award but now the rumor on several blogs and social networks is that Brainetics is a scam.

Psycho Donuts, the new mentally ill themed doughnut shop in Campbell, California, is driving some members of the mental health community crazy amid claims that the edgy new doughnut cafe is exploiting the mentally ill sparking protests and TV debates across the country.

Wiley-Blackwell, the scientific, technical, medical and scholarly publishing business of John Wiley & Sons, Inc (NYSE: JWa), (NYSE: JWb), has announced that the inaugural issue of its new journal, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, is now live online.

Experts call on families to monitor dad's physical and mental health. Fathers may need some help, but they may not ask for it, shows the study released ahead of Father's day.

New research led by the University of Leicester and published this week in the British Journal of Psychiatry reveals that people with mental health problems are receiving inferior care for their medical needs.

According to The Sun The Priory Clinic, which deals with "acute mental health" issues has admitted Britain's Got Talent runner up Susan Boyle, who spent the night in the clinic suffering from exhaustion.

Family and network oriented, stress-reducing care improves level of overall functioning and mental health in adolescents at risk of developing psychosis, suggests a recent Finnish study.

Today's economic downturn shares a variety of factors with recessions of the past, as well as with the Great Depression. One of the most tragic similarities is the increase in the number of suicides, which has been documented in recent news reports and studies of mental health during past periods of economic difficulty. It doesn't have to be that way.

Melbourne, Australia —1 April, 2009—Following the devastating Australian bushfires of February 2009, occupational therapists and health professionals will be in a central position to contribute to the well-being of children and their families affected by their traumatic experience.

When participants performed a mentally fatiguing task prior to a difficult exercise test, they reached exhaustion more quickly than when they did the same exercise when mentally rested, a new study finds.

The 17th Century Philosopher Baruch Spinoza maintained that negative emotions like hatred, envy, anger, and greed were actually - and should have been considered by us - illnesses. He meant by this that such emotions weaken our health both mentally and physically. To become "psychological healthy," Spinoza claimed, we must replace negative emotions with positive ones, conquering anger, hatred, and greed, with love, kindness, and nobility. It appears that some contemporary research is proving Spinoza Right.

An international observatory led by the University of Melbourne, Australia, will help eradicate human rights abuses against people suffering mental illness in developing countries.