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Stigma causing people with mental illnesses to hold back in life, study suggests

Scots living with severe, enduring and complex mental illnesses are withdrawing from relationships, friendships, work and healthcare due to stigma and discrimination, new research has shown. The Scottish Mental Illness Stigma Study – the first of ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

New NHS waiting times for mental health conditions a step closer

People with “non urgent” mental health problems will receive help within four weeks for non-urgent treatment under new NHS plans. Patients who are in need of urgent support will be seen by crisis teams within a day under proposals to improve ...

22 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Features

Beating the January Blues and knowing when - and who - to ask for for help

January can be one of the most challenging months of the year, when people often hit a low after all the build-up to Christmas. It is also a time when people struggle with credit card debt and other financial difficulties. This year we are ...

26 Jan 2022 at 10:33

Warning over mental health services without new cash injection

More people will be shut out from mental health services if no new cash is invested in the next two years, a senior sector leader has warned. Mental Health Network chief executive Sean Duggan also warned that the cost-of-living crisis ...

27 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Mother who drowned toddler detained under the Mental Health Act

A mother who drowned her two-year-old son in the bath “to send him to heaven” after becoming paranoid her family were possessed by spirits has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Natalie Steele, 31, admitted the manslaughter ...

03 May 2022 at 18:55

Mother drowned toddler while in the grip of mental illness, court hears

A “devoted” mother drowned her two-year-old son in the bath while suffering paranoid delusions that her family were possessed by demons, a court has heard. Natalie Steele, 31, was arrested after her son Reid was found unresponsive ...

03 May 2022 at 16:25

Plans to cut police mental health callouts in next two years ‘simply dangerous’

Plans to sharply reduce the number of mental health callouts dealt with by police in England in the next two years are dangerous and could have catastrophic consequences, psychologists have warned. A government directive ...

26 Jul 2023 at 14:45

Health

Woman in remission for bipolar disorder says art ‘saved’ her life after suicide attempts and thinking she was an MI5 spy

A woman who spent years having three-month bipolar “cycles” of depressive and manic episodes, causing her to think she had been recruited by MI5 as a spy and make multiple suicide attempts, claims “art saved (her) life” ...

26 Jun 2023 at 09:40

Kildare Live

Prisoner openly discusses his mental anguish before Kildare court

A prisoner who appeared in Naas District Court on Thursday, January 11 last detailed his mental anguish to Judge Desmond Zaidan. The man, who is currently serving a custodial sentence on other matters, asked the judge ...

17 Jan 2024 at 17:33

Kildare Now

Prisoner openly discusses his mental anguish before Kildare court

17 Jan 2024 at 17:33

Call to close ‘mortality gap’ for people with severe mental illness

More must be done to close the “mortality gap” for people with severe mental illness, leading doctors have warned. The warning came after it emerged that more than 26,000 adults with conditions such as ...

17 May 2023 at 00:01

‘Bad nerves’ not a reason to be on benefits, says former minister

“Bad nerves” is not a reason to claim sickness benefits, a Tory former minister has said. Rachel Maclean said an unknown proportion of those claiming sickness benefits for mental health were citing ...

07 Mar 2024 at 15:47

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