The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Burnout is now such a specific experience that researchers are investigating whether it should be included as a mental health condition in its own right, alongside psychological illnesses like anxiety or depression, with which burnout is frequently confused. And this Australian research is at the cutting edge.

The stigma surrounding complex mental health is such that Elfy Scott completed a psychology degree to learn more – but even that fell short

Since September alone there have been 34,962 new claimants for PIP, a state benefit designed to improve living standards for those suffering from long-term physical disabilities or mental health conditions

The mental wellbeing of adult children moving back in with parents was examined by researchers at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Liverpool mum and ECHO columnist Sarah Sandison looks at the devastating impact it can have while women are expected to just 'get on with it'

Jamie Burns was just 34 when he passed away at HMP Low Moss less than a month after being sentenced to four months behind bars and displaying a catalogue of bizarre behaviour.

The author and podcaster chatted with Tommy Tiernan about how her life changed after a nervous breakdown in her 20s

Research suggests traumatic childhood experiences embed themselves in our brains and put us at risk of mental illness, but epigenetic editing may offer us hope of removing them

Returning home was once seen as something shameful but new research finds a benefit

Viewers of the ITV2 'reality' show fear that 'toxic femininity' is beginning to get to the male contestants

WHISKY heritage stretches right back to the 18th century in Clackmannanshire, but for so many years, a real celebration of the national drink did…