Are there times when it is better to simply give up? Psychologists have been exploring this question, and more specifically a possible link between tenacity and both physical and mental health.

New Australian research has shown antidepressants could prevent the onset of schizophrenia if they are prescribed before the patient's first psychotic episode.

Mental illness and emotional distress in patients with advanced cancer are often overlooked by oncologists but, if screened for, can be adequately managed to improve a patient’s quality of life.

Depression is not only emotionally debilitating - a new study has found it's more physically damaging than many chronic diseases. Researchers from the World Health Organisation (WHO) have studied data from 250,000 people in 60 countries.

Mental disorders rank among the top ten illnesses causing disability—more than 37 percent worldwide—with depression being the leading cause of disability among people ages 15 and older, according to the Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors published in 2006.

A report by a team a team of international medical researchers says mental health is being neglected across the world, but more so in developing countries.

Thousands of young Australians dealing with the dual problems of substance abuse and mental illness may be being denied help. A conference in Melbourne has heard that many services are not handling the joint issues properly and are simply passing young, vulnerable clients on to other services.

The Mental Health Council of Australia says up to 500,000 Australians are facing the dual challenge of substance use and mental illness.

A groundbreaking public health study has found a connection between damp, moldy homes and depression. The study, led by Brown University epidemiologist Edmond Shenassa, is the largest investigation of an association between mold and mood and is the first such investigation conducted outside the United Kingdom.

Melbourne mental health researchers have succeeded in halving the number of relapses experienced by people with bipolar disorder which strikes two in 100 Australians, accounts for 12 per cent of suicides each year and costs the country at least $1.5 billion annually.

The military is more sensitive to problems concerning stress and mental exhaustion than ever before, but more needs to be done, the commander of Multinational Corps Iraq told Pentagon reporters today.

Failed relationships, including marriages stressed by combat deployments helped push the number of suicides in the U.S. Army last year to its highest since the Gulf War, the Army said.