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AUTHOR JOANNA CANNON: WHY I'M GOING BACK TO THE PSYCHIATRIC WARDS
Career 2014-present author, 2010-2014 NHS doctor specialising in psychiatry, South Staffordshire Shropshire Healthcare NHS foundation trust bar maid, kennel maid, pizza delivery expert... READ MORE›
'I THINK THERE'S A WAVE OF CHANGE COMING IN MENTAL HEALTH'
Poppy Jaman 'I think there's a wave of change coming in mental health'... 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›
UNITED NATIONS RELEASES LIST OF WORLD'S HAPPIEST COUNTRIES
In Western countries such as Australia, mental illness turned out to be the most important determinant of happiness - above income, employment or physical wellbeing... 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›
SYRIAN CHILDREN SUFFERING 'TOXIC' PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS
A new report says Syrian children are showing symptoms of toxic stress from war exposure and attempting self-harm and suicide... READ MORE›
CHILDREN IN UK MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITALS 'NOT IMPROVING', PARENTS SAY
There are about 1,300 Camhs tier-4 beds in England, which deliver specialist care and treatment to young people with severe or complex mental disorders... READ MORE›
WE NEED TO INVEST IN RESEARCH INTO YOUNG PEOPLE'S MENTAL HEALTH TO MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS
Another key area which is undervalued, and often ignored, is research into mental health... 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›
MARK AUSTIN ADMITS HE TOLD ANOREXIC DAUGHTER 'STARVE YOURSELF TO DEATH'
Austin's daughter Maddy, now 22, became ill in 2012, losing four stone and changing from a healthy and promising athlete to an emaciated, ghostlike figure ... READ MORE›
EU AND MEXICO PUSH AHEAD WITH TRADE TALKS AMID TRUMP EFFECT
Trade between the two parties more than doubled between 2005 and 2015 from 26 billion euro ?22 billion to 53 billion euro ?45 billion, but their current trade pact dates from 2000... READ MORE›
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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›
NHS FIGURES SHOW 'SHOCKING' RISE IN SELF-HARM AMONG YOUNG
The NHS's most senior doctor responsible for young people's health said the distressing figures underlined that greater improvements were needed to boost support for troubled children... READ MORE›
MEET THE EDMONTON MAN NO COUNTRY WANTS
Abdikarim gelle has been detained for months awaiting deportation but somalia won't accept mentally ill people... 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›
GERMANWINGS CRASH RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SHIFTING IDEAS OF PILOT FITNESS
And few pilots inform the airlines that they have done so.Without a strict reporting system, accountability suffers, he said... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS ROLE OF ILLNESS IN GERMANWINGS CRASH RAISES WORRY ABOUT STIGMA
And many mental health experts say that the tendency to link mass violence and mental disorders has a negative effect, discouraging people from seeking treatment... READ MORE›
UKA??S 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›
CALLS GROW FOR SUICIDE TRANSGENDER TEEN'S PARENTS TO BE PROSECUTED
Leelah Alcorn Transgender teenager's parents 'should be prosecuted', says gay rights activist... 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›
CARE FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IS WOEFUL, SAY GPS
He now helps other young people facing a variety of mental health problems. NHS help with mental illness is simply insufficient... READ MORE›
BETTER THAN PRISON: LIFE INSIDE THE UK'S SECURE HOSPITALS
As soon as a person's mental health is stabilised, things should change... READ MORE›
AID GROUPS AIM TO PUT MENTAL HEALTH ON WORLD AGENDA
Good mental health care is scarce in many parts of the United States, but it is nonexistent in most of the world... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAMS REQUIRE FUNDING CERTAINTY TO AVERT 'CATASTROPHE'
Advocacy groups will be calling on the federal government on Wednesday to create a 10-year plan to tackle mental health illness... READ MORE›
FALLING THROUGH THE GAPS: THE STORY OF A SUICIDE
With an expectation that official statistics this week will show a rise in the number of suicides, mental health is firmly on the political agenda... READ MORE›
'THIS ISN'T ACCEPTABLE': OUTCRY AT STATE OF NHS MENTAL HEALTH CARE FUNDING
The charity says the government's ?1.4bn investment in children's mental health services is not being deployed to aid children who need help after abuse... READ MORE›
FIGHTING FOR INDONESIAA??S MENTALLY ILL, AND COUNTING TOILETS AS PROGRESS
BEKASI, Indonesia -- Spike heels clacking on the concrete floor of the patients' cells, Nova Riyanti Yusuf strode grandly into the Yayasan Galuh Rehabilitation Center... READ MORE›
'WE MUST DO BETTER': MPS HOLD EMERGENCY DEBATE OVER ATTAWAPISKAT SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
'We must do better' MPs hold emergency debate over Attawapiskat suicide attempts... READ MORE›
WHICH COUNTRIES SEEK TO CENSOR THEIR CITIZENS ON TWITTER AND FACEBOOK?
Turkey's police, courts and government agencies made the most content removal requests - 477 in total, up from 186 in the first half of 2014... READ MORE›
CARING FOR THE CARERS: HELPING CHILDREN WHO CARE FOR PARENTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Kidstime offers pizza, drama and a chance to talk to other young people in the same situation... READ MORE›
SANCHITA ISLAM ON MOTHERS AND MENTAL HEALTH
The mental health services are not working with people like me, patients who are going through it... READ MORE›
AIRLINES LARGELY RELY ON PILOTS 'SELF-MONITORING' MENTAL HEALTH
Airlines largely rely on pilots self-monitoring mental health... READ MORE›
THE GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER CHRISTMAS TELETHON A?? LIVE
Marion and Star Wards work towards making mental health wards nice, brighter placer and Buddy helps do that!... READ MORE›
CLEGG BIDS TO END THE A??OUTRAGEOUS DISCRIMINATIONA?? IN MENTAL HEALTHCARE
Nick Clegg during a visit to the Scottish Association for Mental Health in Glasgow... READ MORE›
DUMPING AMERICA'S MENTAL-HEALTH WOES ON THE COPS
For all the attention devoted to police-involved shootings and race, mental illness is the more salient issue... READ MORE›
POLICE CELLS ARE NO PLACE FOR THE VULNERABLE
Mental health is a core police issue but officers are not health professionals... READ MORE›
SUICIDES PLAGUE AN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY IN CANADA
Since September, 101 people in the Attawapiskat First Nation, a remote aboriginal community with about 2,000 residents, have attempted suicide... READ MORE›