The Latest Breaking News on Mental health

Seven early signs of dementia often confused with 'just getting old'

Dementia can be incredibly debilitating and devastating, but too many people are quick to brush aside some early concerning signs of the degenerative brain condition

Chronicle Live · Jun 27, 2023

Woman died in hospital after nurses thought she was pretending to be unconscious

Edwige was first taken into care at the age of 15

Wales Online · Jun 27, 2023

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change review – proof that the hearing world is as prejudiced as ever

The Strictly winner is a wonderful, hopeful presence – but the main takeaway of this courageously honest documentary is how little things have changed for the deaf community in decades

The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023

How can loneliness worsen your mental health?

Loneliness today is amongst the leading health risks right alongside the alarming factors such as air pollution, substance use, heart diseases. Studies have shown a significant correlation between loneliness and the prognosis of psychological conditions like depression, anxiety, degrees of alcoholism, mood disorders and more. Loneliness can further deteriorate already…

The Times of India · Jun 25, 2023

Lack of sleep can raise dementia risk - but there's an exception for spotty sleepers

Those who sleep six hours or less per night are at greater risk of dementia, while those who take sleeping pills nearly double their risk of getting the disease

Daily Mirror · Jun 25, 2023

Short daytime naps may help reduce the risk of developing dementia, study suggests

Those who take short, regular naps during the day were said to show less brain shrinkage, which is a sign of ageing, and had brains which were two to six-and-a-half years younger

Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2023

‘Your needs came second’: love, resentment and being the other child

Siblings of children with neurodevelopmental and mental health issues face complicated and conflicting emotions. How are they best navigated?

The Guardian - AU · Jun 24, 2023

Heartbroken mum 'begs' for NHS overhaul after teenage son takes his own life

Beck Bromley passed away on November 24 last year, four days after he was found unresponsive at his family home.

Daily Record · Jun 24, 2023

Man threatened to slash ex-partner's face in 'frightening' three-month stalking campaign

Callum Parkinson, 22, has been jailed for ten months

Manchester Evening News · Jun 24, 2023

The mum 'begging' for change after son takes own life

'I am in the gut-wrenching position to see things that, if done differently, might, just might have saved our son's life'

Manchester Evening News · Jun 24, 2023