The wife of newsreader Huw Edwards has said he is “suffering from serious mental health issues” and is receiving “in-patient hospital care” as she named him as the BBC presenter
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More must be done to close the “mortality gap” for people with severe mental illness, leading doctors have warned. The warning came after it emerged that more than 26,000 adults
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Around 40,000 people could be offered apps and other digital tools to help them combat anxiety and depression, health officials have announced. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
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The Prince and Princess of Wales’s foundation has announced a new collaboration to help create therapy allotments and gardens offering mental health support in south Wales. William and Kate (pictured)
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Antidepressant prescriptions for children in one part of Scotland have increased by almost 60% in six years, research has found. Experts from the University of Aberdeen compared mental health prescriptions issued
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People with dementia who suffer from anxiety or depression may benefit from talking therapies available on the NHS, new research suggests. Previous studies estimate that 38% of people with mild
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The benefits of prescribing outdoor swimming for people with depression as an alternative to medication is being examined in a new study. Experts at the University of Portsmouth are working
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More than a third of prisoners showed symptoms of severe anxiety disorder following lockdown measures introduced during the Covid pandemic, research has indicated. The report Coping with Covid in Prisons
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There is no clear evidence that depression is caused by low serotonin levels, researchers have said, as they called into question the widespread use of antidepressants. The new review of
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Millions of older people are suffering from loneliness and are cut off from the digital world, a charity has warned. The Mental Health Foundation, which surveyed more than 6,000 adults
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