CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS 'GUARANTEED' TREATMENT IN FOUR WEEKS

Children waiting up to 18 months for mental health treatment - cqc... READ MORE›

CAMPUS CONFIDENTIAL: THE COUNSELLORS ON THE FRONTLINE OF THE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

Student Services manager Alison Bromberg says the most common mental health problems reported by NTU students are anxiety and depression... READ MORE›

EMPLOYERS SHOULD ACCEPT SICK NOTES FOR THE MENTALLY ILL, MAJOR REPORT FINDS

The measure is one of a range of recommendations designed to improve mental health among employees which found one in six suffers from mental illness... READ MORE›

CHILDREN WAITING UP TO 18 MONTHS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT CQC

Shortcomings in child and adolescent mental health services care mean some children end up experiencing a full-blown mental health crisis, she said... READ MORE›

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY: 5 MYTHS ABOUT PERSONALITY DISORDERS DEBUNKED

According to NAMI, only 3 to 5 percent of violent acts are committed by people who are suffering from a serious mental health problem... READ MORE›

'I WASN'T SO SPECIAL': HOW OSHER GUNSBERG REALISED HE WOULD COPE WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS

After going public with his mental health issues in 2016, Gunsberg credits listening to other people's stories as an important part of his recovery process... READ MORE›

STRESS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FUEL MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS AMONG GIRLS

So many girls are now seeking help that NHS children and adolescent mental health services cannot cope, warned Dubicka... READ MORE›

PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 'NOT TRAINED TO DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES'

More than half of primary school teachers say they do not feel adequately trained in supporting pupils with mental health problems, research suggests... READ MORE›

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U.S. GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS GO 'ROGUE' IN DEFIANCE OF TRUMP

Can't wait for President Trump to call us FAKE NEWS, one anonymous National Park Service employee posted on the newly opened Twitter account AltNatParkService... READ MORE›

OUR CHILDREN ARE PAYING A HIGH PRICE FOR SOCIETY'S VISION OF SUCCESS

Yet another report has been published showing frightening levels of mental illness among children and young people in England... READ MORE›

HOW TO SUPPORT A DEPRESSED PARTNER WHILE MAINTAINING YOUR OWN MENTAL HEALTH

Looking after a partner with mental health problems - in my case, my husband Rob, who had chronic depression - is complicated... READ MORE›

'MASSIVE RISE' IN HATE SPEECH ON TWITTER DURING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

That effort is taking on greater urgency as rampant abuse undercuts Twitter's business... READ MORE›

WATCH HOW THE MEASLES OUTBREAK SPREADS WHEN KIDS GET VACCINATED AND WHEN THEY DON'T

Watch how the measles outbreak spreads when kids get vaccinated and when they don t... READ MORE›

QUEBEC MOSQUE ATTACK: SOCIAL MEDIA TRIBUTES POUR IN

Social media users express solidarity after attack on a Quebec City mosque leaves six Muslims dead and eight wounded... READ MORE›

VICTIM'S FAMILY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT RELEASE OF MAN WHO KILLED GREYHOUND BUS PASSENGER

The Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board ordered the discharge on Friday, saying Li, now known as Will Lee Baker, does not pose a significant safety threat... READ MORE›

QUARTER OF A MILLION CHILDREN RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN ENGLAND

Data covering 60 percent of mental health trusts shows 11,849 boys and girls aged five and under among those getting help... READ MORE›

THE CHAINS OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN WEST AFRICA

The World Health Organization has also intensified its focus on mental health, calling for an end to the chaining of people with mental illnesses... READ MORE›

SCHOOLS TO TRIAL HAPPINESS LESSONS FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS

Education department tenders for mental health training contracts, which will help pupils see disturbing thoughts as buses... READ MORE›

TEXAS' NEWLY SIGNED SANDRA BLAND ACT SETS EXAMPLE FOR REST OF THE NATION

Another program in North Texas focuses on wellness checks, with trained mental health professionals riding with cops... READ MORE›

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#PORTEOUVERTE: PARIS RESIDENTS OPEN DOORS TO THOSE STRANDED BY ATTACKS

Twitter users in other countries also began using the hashtag to share their delight that social media was being used for a good cause... READ MORE›

WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2014: THE MISCONCEPTIONS BROKEN DOWN

We will not stop campaigning until people with severe mental illness have the same average life expectancy as everyone else... READ MORE›

MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN WEST AFRICA IS OFTEN A PRODUCT OF LUCK

Historically, mental health interventions have scored poorly compared with efforts that save young lives, like neonatal care or treatment of diarrhea... READ MORE›

3. KEEP PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OUT OF CUSTODY

With the general election looming, we asked the Centre for Mental Health a Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal charity what needs to change... READ MORE›

ALMOST 6,000 MENTAL HEALTH PATIENTS SENT OUT OF AREA FOR CARE LAST YEAR

Ultimately, equality for mental health cannot be achieved when budgets are under such enormous pressure... READ MORE›

ISRAELI MAN ARRESTED CARRYING WIFE'S HEAD AFTER DECAPITATING & BURNING HER BODY

Only later did they realize he was holding the woman's head, an eyewitness told The Jerusalem Post's sister publication Maariv... READ MORE›

CAMERA OPERATOR FIRED AFTER VIDEOS 'SHOW HER TRIPPING AND KICKING' REFUGEES

Footage of the frantic scene shows refugees screaming and fleeing across a field as officers chase after them... READ MORE›

STATE OF THE ART TWITTER TO SAVE ITSELF MUST SCALE BACK WORLD-SWALLOWING AMBITIONS

Clarifying Twitter's mission would be painful for the people who work at the company... READ MORE›

UKS MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN JAIL THAN HOSPITAL

In a paper last year he said that failing to effectively screen prisoners mental health inevitably led to tragedy... READ MORE›

WOULD WE BE 'BLAMING' CANCER FOR THE DEATHS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PERISHED IN THE ALPS?

Because what the media coverage does is say not that the awful murderous act was committed by a human being, but by an illness... READ MORE›

AMERICA HAS ONLY JUST DISCOVERED SAUSAGE ROLLS

Greggs was selling 2.5 million sausage rolls a week in 2012, The Guardian reported at the time... READ MORE›

MORE STUDENTS THAN EVER SUFFER MENTAL ILL HEALTH. WE MUST CHANGE OUR TOXIC WORLD

With all this at stake, essential local authority mental health services for children and young people are being cut... READ MORE›

MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS RESOURCES, NOT TINKERING WITH THE LAW

Letters Replacing current mental health legislation may not be the best thing for Britain's mental wellbeing, readers suggest... READ MORE›

LACK OF MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT LEAVING CHILDREN STUCK IN HOSPITAL - THINKTANK

Children with serious mental health problems are becoming trapped in NHS psychiatric units, unable to leave because care is unavailable outside hospitals, a thinktank has said... READ MORE›

MIGRANTS CLASH WITH THE MACEDONIAN POLICE IN PICTURES

Photograph Nikos Arvanitidis EPA Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close A migrant girl confronts a Macedonian police officer... READ MORE›

RISE IN MENTAL HEALTH ACT DETENTIONS SHOWS 'SERVICES STRUGGLING TO COPE'

Mainstream mental health services often failed to understand or provide services that were accessible to non-white communities... READ MORE›

SYDNEY BAR UNDER FIRE FOR USING NAKED MODELS AS FRUIT PLATTERS

Another Twitter user described the display as appalling while historian Helen McDonald labelled it horrifying... READ MORE›

HACKERS ADD RAINBOWS, GAY PRIDE SLOGANS TO ISLAMIC STATE ACCOUNTS

Normally they take over Twitter accounts and fill them with Anonymous imagery and the phrase Islamic State, we own you... READ MORE›