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A peer-led mental health awareness initiative in Perthshire schools is generating increased work for The Lighthouse crisis centre but its project manager believes knowing that young people can talk about it is an incredibly positive step towards saving lives.

George Edwards mum told an inquest that her son had complained of several symptoms before he passed away from a heart attack in his bed at home. The 18-year-old had struggled with mental health for a number of years.

A Supreme Court justice finds the charges against Zack Mavin to have been proved, but says the 26-year-old is not criminally responsible for his actions.

A private mental health hospital in Hobart is closing because the owner has determined that upgrading the building would cost too much.

There was no dispute Zack Mavin was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.

When people think about child maltreatment, many think of physical or sexual abuse. But a key finding of our Australian Child Maltreatment Study, published last month, is that emotional abuse is widespread and associated with similar harms as sexual abuse.

"We applied for a hundred different places and ended up in a tent."

Mental Health Week, which runs from May 1 to 7, provides an opportunity to reflect on our collective well-being. In addition to rising mental health issues, there seems to be a general malaise across normally well individuals in society. This is manifesting as cognitive and physical exhaustion, limited patience, disinterest…

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He hopes that his efforts to complete the 1,000 mile route will help end the stigma faced by construction workers surrounding mental health whilst also raising awareness and funds

After his father’s death, Zak Williams founded Prepare Your Mind to promote taking care of yourself through “mental hygiene.”