The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

If you need help due to an illness, disability or mental health condition you may qualify for extra financial support from DWP.

A judge has released a defence veteran on parole four months early so he can get mental health treatment after he admitted violent offences against his partner.

Around one in six pregnant women and one in five new mothers experience depression

The royal couple are aiming to create therapy allotments and gardens

The couple will visit the site of planned allotments in Pontyclun as part of their foundation’s collaboration with a horticultural therapy provider.

Former teacher Niamh Brownlee has written a book 'Struggling to Breathe' on her struggles with mental health and an eating disorder

Today’s update is a five-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

As we return to normality, people may well be thinking about going off their mental health medicines, particularly antidepressants.

Mental health is key to health and wellbeing. Yet two in five Australians aged 16 to 85 (44%) experience a mental illness during their lifetime, commonly anxiety or depression. And more than 32 million antidepressant prescriptions are dispensed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme each year for these diagnoses.

A new report into the mental health burden of disasters across Australia shows adequate insurance coverage is central to recovery.

The earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria in early February 2023 have killed at least 47,000 people and disrupted everyday life for some 26 million more.