Almost £1 billion could be saved per year if integrated mental health and supported housing systems were in place across England, according to a report. A report commissioned for the
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New research has found an increase in the number of Scots thinking about suicide during the coronavirus pandemic. The second wave of the Scottish Covid-19 Mental Health Tracker survey, which
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An autistic teenager who started writing thank you cards to health and care workers to deal with his anxiety about the pandemic has now sent almost 600 cards and is
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Young girls experience lower levels of wellbeing and self-esteem by their early teens compared with boys, a new report into the mental health of Generation Z has said. Research from
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Singer Will Young has questioned why his twin brother was not assessed by a consultant psychiatrist when he was admitted to hospital after trying to take his own life, just
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The Government has set out sweeping proposals to tackle mental health inequalities including the disproportionate detention of people from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Plans to reform and
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The fallout of grief for those who lost loved ones during the coronavirus crisis could be similar to that of the September 11 attacks, a bereavement charity has warned. Paul
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The Covid-19 pandemic is amplifying the disadvantages faced by children across the UK, the nation’s children’s commissioners have warned. They also warn that Brexit poses significant challenges to the rights
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A paranoid schizophrenic woman who slit the throat of a seven-year-old girl with a craft knife in a park on Mother’s Day has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a
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Experiences of community mental health services are consistently poor and the coronavirus pandemic will prompt a rise in people seeking help at crisis point, the care regulator has warned. People
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