A number of children were among people hurt when a man stormed through a children’s play centre, attacking customers, before jumping from a balcony. The owner of The Alphabet Zoo,
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Local health bodies are failing to provide for the mental health needs of abused children, a charity has said. NSPCC estimated that more than a million children in England who
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Hundreds of new mental health workers will be trained up and introduced to schools from next year to help boost young people’s wellbeing. Seven universities and colleges will offer education
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Loneliness and isolation in rural Wales is a “ticking time bomb” which must be tackled, a Welsh Government minister has said. Huw Irranca-Davies, the social care minister, said that dealing
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Young people with mental disorders are being let down by under-ambitious NHS treatment targets, experts have warned as they shunned the “snowflake generation” label. Researchers claimed adolescents and students are
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Schoolchildren are to be given lessons in mental health and healthy living, it has been announced. Health education will be a mandatory part of the curriculum for all primary and
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Four football clubs in North Lanarkshire are to display a suicide prevention logo on strips this season to raise awareness of an issue that claims the life of one person
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Low levels of psychological distress can increase the risk of developing some chronic diseases including arthritis, and types of heart and lung disease, according to new research. The study, led
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Tears and applause greeted MPs’ approval of mental health reforms known as “Seni’s law” in memory of the man whose death inspired them. Olaseni Lewis (pictured), known as Seni to
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The UK’s most senior judge has called for an overhaul of mental health laws. Supreme Court president Lady Hale said it is “time for yet another Mental Health Act” to
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