A mentally ill man lost three fingertips when five police officers wrenched him from a cell toilet he had grabbed hold of and then got his fingers caught under the
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A bereavement counsellor with escalating mental health problems killed herself and her five-year-old son amid a family court custody battle, an inquest has heard. The bodies of Cheryl and Leo
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The family of former Frightened Rabbit lead singer Scott Hutchison have launched a mental health charity one year on from his death. His body was found at Port Edgar near
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A survivor of child sexual abuse has spoken of the “woeful” support he was offered by the NHS as a new report criticises the lack of help offered to victims.
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Fewer than one in five survivors of child sexual abuse feels their needs were met by NHS mental health services, a new report has found. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG)
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A police force has been fined £234,500 for health and safety breaches in relation to a belt used around the face of a man before he collapsed in custody. Thomas
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Suicide prevention charity Samaritans was contacted by people in distress or crisis at a rate of every two minutes last year, figures suggest. According to statistics published by the charity,
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A scandal-hit NHS trust failed to properly care for a suicidal teenager despite him being considered “high risk” and “grossly psychotic”, a court heard. Jamie Osborne killed himself on the
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A 17-year-old boy has been detained in a psychiatric hospital indefinitely after killing a university lecturer with electric drills, knives and a hammer. The teenager carried out the “sustained and
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A charity operating a psychiatric facility where a teenager was found hanged when it launched a programme of fitness and wellbeing is to be prosecuted, the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
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