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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

Ministers urged to end need for mental health hospitals for children by 2030

The Government must commit to eliminating the need for mental health hospitals for children by 2030, a charity has said. In a new report, Rethink Mental Illness said every child whose mental health deteriorates to the point of requiring a ...

20 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Covid-19 inquiry chairwoman accused of ‘U-turn’ over mental health impact

The chairwoman of the Covid-19 inquiry has been accused of a “U-turn” over the probe’s examination of how the pandemic affected mental health. Charities including Mind and Rethink Mental Illness have joined forces with the Centre for ...

10 Apr 2024 at 00:01

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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 to make an ...

17 Jan 2024 at 17:33

Scotland

More work needed to correct ‘myths’ around serious mental illness – clinician

More needs to be done to “correct the myths” around severe mental illness (SMI), a senior clinician has said, as a survey shows nearly three quarters of Scots think there is stigmatisation around it. The research, by the Royal ...

13 Nov 2024 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 “bad nerves”, which she ...

07 Mar 2024 at 15:47

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 ...

22 Feb 2022 at 18:55

Concern that NHS ‘not learning’ from mental health death reports

Safety investigations which occur after a person died during or shortly after care during a stay in a mental health facility are often seen as a “tick box exercise” and could be “compounding harm” for those affected, ...

30 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Rising numbers of people with mental health issues receiving employment advice

Rising numbers of people with mental health issues are being given employment advice as part of a drive to get them back to work, NHS data suggests. New figures from NHS England show 67,794 people began receiving ...

21 Jan 2025 at 00:01

Organisations urge Prime Minister to tackle ‘root causes’ of poor mental health

A crisis in mental health is “putting the brakes” on the UK’s economic potential, a charity has warned. It comes as a coalition of organisations published an open letter to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, ...

09 May 2025 at 00:01

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 ...

03 May 2022 at 16:25

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

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