A father who broke every bone in his newborn son’s skull when he smashed him up against a wall while suffering from undiagnosed schizophrenia has been given a hospital order.
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A mother who strangled her seven-year-old son to death has been handed an indefinite hospital order. Louis Linse was found dead in his bed at home in Upper Market Street
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Some young people receiving mental health care in hospital are being moved to settings like bed and breakfast hostels and caravans on holiday sites when they turn 18, an investigation
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A woman who killed a pensioner after she went missing from an acute mental health unit had previously told police she had “thoughts to kill others” and referenced “a bloodbath”,
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Psychological therapy for common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression can improve the job and pay prospects of people out of work, analysis has suggested. Data from the Office
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Opportunities to treat a man who went on to kill his best friend following an attempted break-in at Buckingham Palace were missed, a court has heard. Dylan Thomas (pictured left),
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The number of children admitted to adult wards for mental health treatment in Scotland is continuing to fall, a monitoring body has said. According to a new report by the
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Patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act will have more dignity and a say over their care under proposed reforms to what has been described as an “outdated” system. Among
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A hospital worker allegedly caused the death of a 22-year-old mental health patient after she gained access to materials that she had used in earlier suicide attempts, a court has
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Lack of access to good and timely care for children and young people “risks failing their future”, a health watchdog has warned. Delays in both physical and mental healthcare for
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