People suffering with severe mental impairments in Britain face missing out on financial help with council tax because of their postcode, according to a charity. Council tax discounts and rebates
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Real-terms spending on children’s mental health services in England has fallen in more than a third of local areas, a report has found. A study by the Children’s Commissioner warned
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A major recruitment drive is being launched for volunteers to ease “unprecedented” pressure on public services. The Royal Voluntary Service said challenges facing the UK are “acute”, adding there are
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Courts are to be issued with the first detailed guidelines on sentencing criminals with mental health conditions and disorders. Under the proposals, judges and magistrates would consider a series of
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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 being investigated by the Charity Commission. Sophie Bennett,
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Non-violent stalking can cause lasting psychological damage to victims and should be treated as seriously as domestic abuse by the justice system, new research suggests. A survey of 128 stalking
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People who witness killings will have access to the same specialist help as victims’ families under new Government plans. Until now, support given through the National Homicide Service has only
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Two bereaved women who lost loved ones are calling for a full review of the system, arguing the men were let down by Scotland’s mental health services. Karen McKeown and
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A doctor has faced criticism after suggesting young children should be screened for psychopathic behaviour in the wake of the Alesha MacPhail murder. Dr John Marshall, head of forensic clinical
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The number of deaths at Scottish jails are “nothing short of a massacre”, according to the parents of a student who took her own life while behind bars. Katie Allan,
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