The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Ryan Morrow from Fivemiletown will take on the challenge on Saturday 19 November

Adolescents (young people aged between 10 and 24) are particularly vulnerable to developing mental health disorders. Essentially this is because our brains are not fully developed until the end of adolescence. These mental illnesses that start in adolescence can then continue well into adulthood.

Letters: Jim Cosgrove and Elizabeth Sarah describe how, in the 1980s under Thatcher’s government, residential mental health units were closed with the false assurance they would be replaced with care in the community

"Beautiful and kind" mother of two Dari-Anne Sawyer, 23, was found dead in her home after earlier telling a mental health professional she had taken an overdose the day before

Councillors have asked for more details on the work being done to help ensure children who need it are getting access to mental health treatment.

The move comes after 'inexcusable behaviour and examples of unacceptable care' were 'exposed' at a mental health unit, he said

Depression is a costly and debilitating condition that profoundly influences a person’s quality of life. In 2020, more than 21 million adults in the U.S. reported having at least one major depressive episode in the previous year. Depression symptoms increased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, and now affect nearly 1…

The competition aims to support recovery and tackle stigmas associated with mental health.

Despite an influx of COVID-19 relief money, school districts across the country have struggled to staff up to address students’ mental health needs that have only grown since the pandemic hit

It could soon get harder to restock your emergency paracetamol, as the country's medicine regulator mulls the dangers of the everyday drug.

Abbie Bonnyman, 20, is frustrated with gaps in the system, after new research revealed that there is only one consultant psychiatrist for every 10,250 people in Scotland.