Ketamine is increasingly known as a party drug which is linked to serious health problems, even fatalities. But there is growing interest in Scotland in its potential to treat severe depression. One ...

A ketamine expert has predicted that NHS trusts will start using the drug and other psychedelics to combat depression after it was endorsed by psychiatrists. Professor David Nutt, from Imperial ...

Digital sleep programme Sleepio aids recovery not only from insomnia, but from depression and anxiety according to an informal NHS study. Sleepio was used as a treatment tool as part of a trial in ...

Talking therapy offered by the NHS for people with depression or anxiety appears to be less effective for people aged 16–24 than those aged 25–65, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

Have you heard the one about the NHS trialling a prescription for laughter? Oh, this one isn't joke, turns out. Instead of a pot of pills, patients might soon be handed a ticket to a stand-up gig or a ...

The NHS says this isn’t true. There was a local pilot in Gloucestershire for lower-league football, but not for Premier League tickets. We’ve spotted several social media posts claiming that the NHS ...

The National Health Service in England is not considering making attendance at Premier League soccer games an official treatment option for depression, it said, despite social media posts saying the ...

Intensive care staff have faced, and continue to face, high mortality rates among their patients. Terelyuk/shutterstock.com A new study has measured the impact of working during the pandemic on NHS ...