FEW STATES LET COURTS TAKE GUNS FROM PEOPLE DEEMED A THREAT

California's law also empowers police to petition for the protective orders, which can require authorities to remove firearms for up to one year... READ MORE›

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN MARCO RUBIO WANT 'RED FLAG' LAWS TO ENABLE GUN SEIZURES

California's law also empowers police to petition for the protective orders, which can require authorities to remove firearms for up to one year... READ MORE›

WHY THE ACLU AGREED WITH TRUMP TO SCRAP A RULE LIMITING GUNS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL

Trump referred to mental health issues shortly after the Wednesday shooting spree at a school in Parkland, Fla., that claimed the lives of 17 people... READ MORE›

ANALYSIS TWO AMERICAS IN FLORIDA SHOOTING AFTERMATH

Providing mental health services will find broad support from the American public... READ MORE›

ALLEGED MELBOURNE SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN ISRAEL TO FACE NEW PSYCHIATRIC TEST

After three years of avoiding extradition hearings, Ms Leifer appeared in the Jerusalem district court on Wednesday morning, her second court appearance in just two days... READ MORE›

AM I FAKING IT? THOUGHTS ON HAVING AN INVISIBLE ILLNESS

Having Bipolar, or any mental health problem, means understanding what it's like to have an invisible illness... READ MORE›

GAMING DISORDER SET TO BE RECOGNIZED BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The World Health Organization is looking to add gaming disorder to its International Classification of Diseases... READ MORE›

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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›

PRINCE WILLIAM: SUICIDE CALLOUT SHED LIGHT ON MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH

My first callout was to a male suicide and I was told there were five suicides or attempted suicides every day in East Anglia alone... 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›

OTTAWA WON'T APPEAL COURT DECISION BLOCKING NORTHERN GATEWAY PIPELINE

Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr won't appeal a recent court decision that overturned the former Harper government's approval of the controversial Northern Gateway pipeline project... 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›

TAX CHANGES COULD COST UK PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS 30% OF SALARY

Tax changes could cost UK public sector workers 30 percent of salary... 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›

'MASSIVE EVIDENCE FOREIGN-FUNDED WHITE HELMETS SUPPORT TERRORIST ENTITIES IN SYRIA'

The real Syria Civil Defense inside Syria has existed for 63 years the White Helmets have existed for 3 years, they were founded in 2013... 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›

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›

By apparently killing the perpetrator of Wednesday's brazen assault, prime minister Stephen Harper indicated that his government was resolved to toughen the country's security legislation... READ MORE›

#MENTALHEALTHMONTH: MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA, BY THE NUMBERS

Mental Health Month A look at mental health in America, by the numbers... 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›

HACKERS TOOK FINGERPRINTS OF 56 MILLION US WORKERS GOVERNMENT SAYS

But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive... READ MORE›

CLEGG BACKS PLAN TO REDUCE SUICIDES

Deputy PM Nick Clegg says many suicides are preventable and wants hospitals to aim to end all such deaths... 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›

ALEPPO'S WHITE HELMETS REJECT FOREIGN INFLUENCE CLAIMS

The White Helmets came to prominence for their work rescuing those trapped in rubble after air strikes by Syrian government and Russian warplanes... READ MORE›

CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER SEEKS TO LEGALIZE PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE

OTTAWA -- The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau introduced legislation on Thursday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for Canadians with serious medical conditions... READ MORE›

THE BIG ANXIETY FESTIVAL: MENTAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND THE HEALING POWER OF ART

But can an arts festival provide some sort of balm for mental health problems?... READ MORE›

MORE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LOST TO SUICIDE THAN FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN WAR

The 'Afghanistan Lessons from Australia's Whole-of-Government Mission' was produced by the Australian Civil Military Centre... READ MORE›

ATTAWAPISKAT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY AFTER 11 PEOPLE ATTEMPT SUICIDE IN A SINGLE NIGHT

On Saturday night alone, 11 people attempted to take their own lives, Chief Bruce Shisheesh said... 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›

RETHINK ON HOUSING BENEFIT CAP FOR ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE

More than 700,000 people in supported housing usually have the accommodation element of their costs met entirely through housing benefit... 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›

DEPRESSION IS LEADING CAUSE OF DISABILITY WORLDWIDE, SAYS WHO STUDY

And early identification and treatment of depression is a very effective means of decreasing death by suicide, Saxena 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›

B.C.'S IMPENDING KINDER MORGAN CHALLENGE IS ANOTHER STRAW ON A VERY BELEAGUERED CAMEL

Government announcing they were lawyering up for a legal challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline project is significant, creating close to total agreement in B.C... 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›