Nearly three-quarters of 14-year-olds in the UK who told a survey they had self-harmed were girls, according to a new study. The findings from a survey of more than 11,000
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An ad for life insurance featuring an image of a man leaning his head against a wall and the strapline “Life insurance to die for” has been banned for trivialising
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A paranoid schizophrenic who brutally killed three pensioners hours apart in frenzied attacks has been found not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. A jury at Exeter Crown Court
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The Liberal Democrats have pledged to invest an additional £11 billion over five years into transforming mental health services. The party said it would make prescriptions for people with chronic
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More than 140 children’s organisations are calling on political leaders to reveal how they will tackle youth violence, domestic abuse, as well as mental health and poverty. Campaigners say such
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Calls to tackle the “growing mental health crisis” have been made as cases handled by police officers rose more than a quarter in the last four years. The head of
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Access to NHS mental health care is getting worse, according to a nationwide survey of patients carried out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The poll of 12,551 people who
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Young people across the UK are feeling isolated and lonely, with no one to turn to to share their emotions and problems, a report has found. One in four youngsters
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People who play board games and cards are more likely to stay mentally sharp in later life, according to a new study. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh tested more
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The mother of a man with a history of mental illness told police she had “grave concerns” about his release from custody before he killed three elderly men, a court
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