A teenage girl arrested three times in three months over allegations she attacked her mother must go into council care, a family court judge has decided. The youngster was placed
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Health Minister Robin Swann has announced that he is calling a statutory public inquiry into the abuse at Muckamore Abbey Hospital. The inquiry follows two reports into the abuse at
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A sports psychologist who bludgeoned his mother to death to fund his “sham lifestyle” has been jailed for life. Robert Child, 37, inflicted a “merciless attack” on his 64-year-old mother
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Robots could be introduced to help care for the elderly after a study showed they can improve mental health and have the potential to reduce loneliness in older people. The
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The suicide rate for men in England and Wales in 2019 was the highest for two decades, official figures show. New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), published
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The number of children and young people being referred for specialist mental health help fell by more than 55% in first three months of the Covid-19 pandemic. New figures show
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More support has been urged for women working in healthcare after a survey found almost three-quarters of staff suffered a greater negative impact than usual on their emotional wellbeing as
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The NHS should brace itself for a rising tide of patients in need of mental health support as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, health leaders have warned. But the
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Social restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic have affected men’s mental health, a leading charity has said. Samaritans said that two in five men believe their mental health has been
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Young women are the most likely to have experienced high levels of anxiety, depression and loneliness during the coronavirus lockdown, according to a study spanning four generations. Researchers from University
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