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Tensions rising around the release of DSM-5

In a much discussed blog posting , Dr. Thomas Insel, the Director of the US NIMH has publicly critcized the upcoming (in about a week) release of...

Physical Activity and Depression

There has been a lot of debate about whether physical activity is an effective treatment for depression. The question is not an easy one to answer...

Canadian "Heat Maps" Looking at the Impact of Major Depression

One of the interactive tools produced by the Global Burden of Disease project is "head map" which produces a colour coded ranking of the impact of...

Screening - A "Fault-line" in the Mental Health Literature

Screening often seems like an obvious solution to health problems. In mental health there is a strong view that much morbidity is undetected -...

Is Mental Illness a Bigger Problem than Cancer?

In a previous post, I provided a link to a burden-of-disease study recently conducted in Ontario. These studies try to examine conditions that...
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