The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Charity steps up support as suicide rate in construction industry rises

Band of Builders is offering information and help on mental health and other wellbeing issues.

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Editorial: Increased mental health funding must be part of final Navy budget

The Navy’s proposed budget for the next fiscal year wisely includes increased funding for mental health, including for the prevention of suicide and sexual assault. A lot can change, but more money for mental health services should be part of the final package.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

‘Hard to get sober young’: Inside one of the country’s few recovery high schools

DENVER — Every weekday at 5280 High School in Denver starts the same way.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

Woman's years of drug use leave her living with holes in her legs and 'oozing fluid'

After years of injecting into her legs, Elizabeth is now feeling the catastrophic long-term effects of intravenous drug use, which have left her needing to use a wheelchair.

Daily Record · Apr 10, 2023

Meal prep business raise £250 for Ayrshire men's mental health charity

Release encourage men to open up about any struggles and chat it out.

Daily Record · Apr 10, 2023

Real cost of junior doctors’ strike revealed in leaked documents as births face cancellation and funerals delayed

Hospitals to have as few as half the number of senior doctors available as during previous strike action, with cancer services and critical care among the casualties

The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2023

'I was told I was going to wreck my legs and didn't listen': Woman's agonising symptoms after past returned to haunt her

Warning: Contains graphic descriptions of drug use

Manchester Evening News · Apr 10, 2023

Could EMDR Be the Key to Treating Reproductive Health Trauma?

The lesser-known mental health treatment is helping women deal with postpartum depression, anxiety, and other perinatal mood disorders.

Marie Claire · Apr 10, 2023

In the wake of shootings, Alaska Rep. Peltola finds herself in a 'tough position' on guns

WASHINGTON — When Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola joined an Alaska Public Media call-in radio show this week, a self-proclaimed Peltola supporter and longtime hunter called in.

Tribune News Service · Apr 10, 2023

Mental health sick days taken by civil servants rise 38% in one year

Labour says data reveals ‘mental health crisis at the heart of Whitehall’, as unions blame staff cuts, low pay and long hours

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023