Mental Health News

Mental Health news

The UK's biggest news source dedicated soley to mental health. With new mental health news going live daily. We report on the stories that matter to you; from breaking news, new studies and surveys, medical breakthroughs, charity and government news, even real-life and celebrity accounts of mental illness. We get to the heart of issues that matter to you.

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Aviva survey shows what GPs really think about mental health treatment
£2 million campaign launched in Wales to stop the stigma of mental health disorders
Staff are struggling to make budget cuts while providing a sustainable service
Depressed man's body found in a river
Family caregivers can experience high levels of stress and depressive symptoms
First aid classes in mental health teaching different signs and symptoms of various disorders
Pressure to work through sickness can have a negative effect
The 'shameful' conditions of prisoners in Cornton Vale, Scotland
Unemployment and recession cause mental ill-health in men
The father of a teenage girl is suing the driver of the vehicle in which she died.
Report on suicide prevention warns of mental health burden in Japan
38,000 people removed from GP patient lists overnight
This year's focus is on health and wellbeing during challenging times
A woman has been fired after discussing mental health implications of abortion with family planning colleagues.
Specialist mental health court to be opened this winter
Jail meets legal obligations with regard to mentally ill inmates
Mental illness is the leading cause of disability in the world's youth
The attitude of family members makes a difference to mental health patients
Could a pill help memories of PTSD sufferers?
The founders of mental health magazine Uncovered, have today launched an incredible new resource for mental wellbeing
The management of borderline personality disorder reviewed
Some difficulties encountered when seeking employment
A quarter of Irish teenagers have felt suicidal
A UK study shows dementia is more common in older African-Caribbean people than in White people
Hearing things? Could be too much coffee!
Staff left man to die in corridor
Man from Lincoln made a string of hoax calls to emergency services.
Study on rats suggests that salt helps us cope with stress of daily life
Mental Health Commission report holds shocking reveations
Mental health trust falls short of targets
Workers with mental health difficulties need more support
Selective eating is a new 'mental disorder' up for consideration in DSM-V
Heart attack treatment less likely for people with mental health problems
Undercover filming reveals abusive treatment of patients at care home
Knowledge about mental illness increases likelihood of seeking help
Benefit system changes causing despair to mentally ill
Mental health trusts launch a new stop smoking resource
Regular cannabis users who start using before age 15 perform worse in brain tests
Springtime can be bad for depression sufferers - reverse S.A.D
Fishing therapy gets thumbs up from NHS for mentally ill patients