Tag: mental
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Children ‘being rejected’ by NHS mental health services if they’re autistic, parents say | UK News
Read Latest News Damien Dalmayne, 17, is autistic. He also battles mental health issues that have left him unable to get out of bed and contemplating harming himself. Warning: This story contains references to suicide “There were thoughts of me doing stuff to myself. I never did but there were stages where it would get…
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Worsening mental ill health behind rising welfare bill, report says
Read Latest News Rising levels of mental ill health are causing the UK welfare bill to balloon, new economic research suggests. More than half of the rise in 16 to 64-year-olds claiming disability benefits since the pandemic is for claims relating to mental health or behavioural conditions, according to a report from the Institute for…
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David Kushner cancels tour following mental health struggles
Read Latest News Rebecca Swash BBC Newsbeat Getty Images David Kushner says he needs “to focus on getting better” David Kushner has announced he is cancelling the remainder of his UK and Europe tour. It follows the Daylight singer opening up about his mental health struggles which led to the 24-year-old scrapping his Manchester gig…
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Singer David Kushner cancels gig after mental health struggles
Read Latest News Rebecca Swash BBC Newsbeat Getty Images The Daylight singer says he’s “sorry for the disappointment” David Kushner has cancelled his gig in Manchester later saying the ”past week has been challenging”. On Friday night, the 24-year-old broke down in tears on stage in Newcastle, telling fans he’s ”dealing with a lot of…
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Patients may be moved over repairs at Belfast mental health unit
Read Latest News Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI Health Correspondent BBC The centre in the grounds of Belfast City Hospital provides 74 acute mental health en-suite bedrooms Patients with serious psychiatric conditions may have to be temporarily rehoused while extensive repairs are carried out at the Acute Mental Health Inpatient centre in Belfast. BBC News…
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William says NHS staff should get ‘enforced’ break for mental health
Read Latest News PA Media The Prince of Wales visited NHS staff at the Royal Berkshire Hospital The Prince of Wales has suggested NHS staff should have enforced career breaks to aid their mental health. Prince William made the comment while visiting the Oasis Health and Wellbeing Centre and garden, at Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH)…
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Mum says 12-year-old son’s mental health ‘severely impacted’ after pornography shared between pupils at Edinburgh school | UK News
Read Latest News The mother of a 12-year-old boy has told of how her son’s mental health has been “severely impacted” due to pornography being shared between pupils at an Edinburgh school. The woman said the explicit material has caused her son to suffer anxiety and left him “scared it’s going to happen again”. She…
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Court backlog at unmanageable levels, says report, as victims suffer from poor mental health in wait for trials | UK News
Read Latest News The backlog of cases in crown courts is at unmanageable levels and is actively harming victims and causing undue stress, the victims’ commissioner says. In a damning 73-page report, Baroness Newlove described the disruption to victims’ lives and how many suffer from poor mental health and a reliance on drugs and alcohol…
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Autistic woman wrongly locked up in mental health hospital for 45 years
Read Latest News Carolyn Atkinson and Ben Robinson File on 4 Investigates Getty Images It took a clinical psychologist and others nine years to get Kasibba released (stock photo) An autistic woman with a learning disability was wrongly locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years, starting when she was just seven years…
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Police inspector faces misconduct probe over Birmingham mental health patient search
Read Latest News A police inspector is to face misconduct proceedings after complaints alleging a series of failings during a search for a missing man later fatally hit by a train. Matthew Caseby, 23, a mental health patient at the Priory Hospital Woodbourne in Birmingham, died a day after he left the site by scaling…
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Martin Ready: ‘Evil Jesus’ who plotted to kill prosecutor moved to secure mental health facility | UK News
Read Latest News A man who claimed he “genuinely believed” he was Jesus has been moved to a secure mental health facility ahead of his sentencing for plotting to kill a prosecutor. Martin Ready, 42, was found guilty of attempting to conspire to murder Darren Harty, 37, in a plot apparently inspired by a conspiracy…
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Banning phones in schools does not improve grades or mental health, new study finds | UK News
Read Latest News Restricting mobile phones at school does not improve grades or mental wellbeing, a landmark new study has found. The Conservative government put out formal guidance on how to ban mobile phones in schools almost exactly a year ago. It included advice on how to search students and their bags for devices “if…
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Families of Nottingham attack victims urge NHS to release full report about killer’s mental health care | UK News
Read Latest News NHS England has been urged to change its decision not to publish a full report into care received by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane. A summary of the independent mental health homicide report is set to be made publicly available this week, but the full version will be kept confidential due to…
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Mental health services ‘still not learning’ from mental health inpatient deaths | UK News
Read Latest News Mental health services are not learning from inpatient deaths in England, a new report has found, citing a culture of fear and blame within the services. The report from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) revealed critical gaps in the safety and investigations process for patients who died both in the…
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Southport killer was under care of Alder Hey mental health team
Read Latest News Daniel Sandford & Angela Ferguson BBC News Elizabeth Cook/PA Media Axel Rudakubana had stopped engaging with mental health services, an Alder Hey spokesperson said Southport killer Axel Rudakubana was under the care of an NHS mental health service for about four years before he “stopped engaging”, a hospital trust has said. Alder…
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‘Significant’ rise in children being admitted to acute hospital wards for mental health issues, says study | UK News
Read Latest News Acute hospital wards are facing “real challenges”, as a study showed the number of children being admitted due to mental health concerns has gone up by two-thirds in 10 years. The research, led by a team from University College London (UCL), looked at data on all admissions for five to 18-year-olds to…
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Call for Oxevision cameras to be banned in mental health patients’ bedrooms
Read Latest News Nell, Hat and Sophina are concerned about camera monitoring, but Oxehealth say they have “been proven to help clinical teams enhance safety” CCTV and cameras are not uncommon on mental health wards, used with the intention of keeping patients safe. But some say that new technology, where cameras also monitor their pulse…
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Mental health of working-age population appears to be getting worse | UK News
Read Latest News The mental health of the working-age population appears to be getting worse, with the number of NHS prescribed anti-depressants rising 32% in nine years. A report by the Health Foundation looked at a range of data sources, including self-reported surveys, screening tools and clinical diagnoses, and found across multiple data sources the…
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Novelist opens up about mental health and financial difficulties – and one thing you can’t get a book deal without | Money News
Read Latest News Each Monday, our Money team speaks to someone from a different profession to discover what it’s really like. This week we chat to Lancashire-born author Katy Regan, whose five novels have been translated into multiple languages. People think my job is… Making up stories. They’re right – but sometimes it feels more like…
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Lily Allen to take a break from her Miss Me? podcast due to mental health | Ents & Arts News
Read Latest News Lily Allen has said she is to take a break from her award-winning podcast with childhood friend Miquita Oliver, as she is “really not in a good place”. The singer and actress made the announcement in Thursday’s episode of the BBC Sounds podcast Miss Me? after also discussing her mental health in…
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Lily Allen to take break from podcast Miss Me? over ‘spiralling’ mental health
Read Latest News Lily Allen has said she is taking a break from her podcast for “a few weeks” because her mental health is “spiralling” and she is not “in a good place”. Speaking on the latest episode of Miss Me?, the pop star-turned-actor said she had been going through a “tough period”. It comes…
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‘Don’t man up, talk it through’ – men urged to confront mental health problems | UK News
Read Latest News It’s a rare thing, a group of men in a room, talking about their mental health. They have all led difficult lives, and they don’t usually talk about it. They throw a ball around the room to indicate whose turn it is to speak. “When a man talks about his emotions he…
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Prince and Princess of Wales to launch mental health programme in Sandringham | UK News
Read Latest News The Prince and Princess of Wales are set to work with a local charity to launch a mental health programme to support those living on the Sandringham Estate and in the surrounding areas. The royals are partly funding the new pilot programme with Norfolk and Waveney Mind. It will provide additional mental…
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Mental health trust could have licence removed
Read Latest News Nottinghamshire Police Valdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killings NHS England says the mental health trust that treated the killer who carried out the Nottingham attacks must attend monthly progress meetings to discuss improvements or face losing its licence. Valdo Calocane received a hospital order after admitting…
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Air pollution now linked to hospital admissions for mental health, study finds | Science, Climate & Tech News
Read Latest News New research has identified a link between air pollution and an increased risk of hospital admissions for mental illnesses. Previous studies tended to focus more on physical health, and on deaths rather than hospital admissions, the researchers said. Now scientists from St Andrews University have found someone exposed to air pollution over…
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Joe Marler: I still suffered from post-tour mental health blues
Read Latest News Former England prop Joe Marler says that the ups and downs of being a Test rugby player continued to affect his mental health right up until his retirement last month. The 34-year-old called an end to his Test career before the start of the autumn internationals, having initially been included in England’s…
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NHS worker filmed and shared patient’s mental health breakdown
Read Latest News BBC/Sabbiyah Pervez Film of Julie Trafford during a mental heath crisis was taken by a member of NHS staff and posted in a WhatsApp group A patient whose mental breakdown was secretly filmed by an NHS worker and shared on WhatsApp says she has been left feeling “dirty, angry and confused”. Julie…
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen: Olympic champion’s father Gjert charged with alleged with physical and mental abuse
Read Latest News The father of Olympic 5,000m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen will stand trial next year after being charged with alleged physical and mental abuse of his son. Jakob, 24, and his brothers Filip, 31, and Henrik, 33, who are also Olympic athletes, last year made public claims that their father – who was their…
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Finlay MacDonald: Skye shooting-accused ‘not impaired’ by mental disorders, psychologist tells court | UK News
Read Latest News A man accused of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill three other people was not significantly impaired in his ability to control his actions by mental disorders, a psychologist has told a court. The High Court in Edinburgh heard one expert considered that at the time of the alleged murder Finlay…
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Cash for job centres and mental health services to boost workforce
Read Latest News Getty Images The government is promising major reforms in order to reduce the benefits bill by getting more people into work. It has unveiled plans entitled “Get Britain Working” which include a £240m investment to overhaul the current network of job centres across Britain, and more funding for mental health services. Prime…
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‘I just want to feel ordinary’ – Is the mental health system failing teens?
Read Latest News BBC Mia says she doesn’t want people to feel pity, she just wants to feel “ordinary” Mia spends much of her time staring out her bedroom window, the view dominated by a nearby housing block. With no lift, the only way the 14-year-old can leave her second-floor flat is by shuffling down…
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Dylan Thomas trial: Mental health ‘lies at the centre’ of Christmas Eve killing, defence claims | UK News
Read Latest News Mental health “lies at the centre” of the trial of a man accused of murdering his “best friend” on Christmas Eve, his defence lawyer has claimed. Dylan Thomas, 24, is on trial at Cardiff Crown Court accused of the murder of 23-year-old William Bush in the Llandaff area of the city. He…
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Using the internet may help older people’s mental health, says new study | Science, Climate & Tech News
Read Latest News Using the internet may result in less depression and better well-being in people over 50, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of Hong Kong studied more than 87,500 people across 23 countries, including the UK. They discovered people who used the internet to search for information, send and receive…
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Ospreys rugby player quits game at 24 to protect mental health
Read Latest News BBC Hari Morgan says injuries and the pressures of rugby intensified the grief he was experiencing A former rugby player has said he will not return to the professional game to protect his mental health. Harri Morgan, 24, who played for the Ospreys, announced he was taking a step back from the…
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John Smyth victim says abuse left him with ‘PTSD and mental health problems’ | UK News
Read Latest News A victim of a Church of England-linked abuser has said the abuse left him with “PTSD and mental health problems”. Warning: This story contains details readers may find distressing The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby resigned today after an independent review concluded John Smyth QC might have been brought to justice had…
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Bill to ban use of police cells during mental health detention
Read Latest News Getty Images Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental-health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales. Officers can currently use cells as a “place of safety” for up to 24 hours to allow those needing immediate care to be assessed…
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Will Stone MP grapples MMA fighter Matt Inman for mental health
Read Latest News Will Stone MP grapples with pro-MMA fighter Matt Inman in a match held at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls. The new Labour MP for Swindon North is also a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and former soldier. Both men agreed to donate money raised from the event to The Kelly Foundation, a mental health…