The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

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.

About one in three applicants who applied for the city’s guaranteed income pilot program to receive $500 a month for a year reported issues with their mental health.

Almost 20 per cent of the population suffers from chronic pain. It can have far-reaching consequences for career, lifestyle, and mental health, in addition to the medical and physical effects. Read further on Dynamite News:

Details of two engagements have been announced - in Aberavon and Llanelli

The 31-year-old NHS Mental Health worker from Glasgow performed 'I Would Do Anything for Love' - and it seems that the performance was so good he blew everyone away.

It has been three weeks since Tugce Seren Gul's aunt and grandmother were killed in Antakya when a devastating earthquake struck Turkey's southeast. And yet every night, she waits until 4.17 am in the morning, the exact time that the disaster hit, to try to go to sleep.