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Young people without access to a computer had poorer mental health during the pandemic

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.

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The promised community mental healthcare that never came

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

The Guardian - UK

'Beautiful, kind' mum, 23, found dead after telling medic about overdose

"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

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West Dunbartonshire children waiting three years for mental health treatment

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.

Glasgow Live

BREAKING: Boss of Greater Manchester's mental health trust to step down

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

Manchester Evening News

Doctors often miss depression symptoms for certain groups – a routine screening policy for all adult primary care patients could significantly reduce the gap

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…

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Positivity prevails as Mental Health and Wellbeing League nears exciting finale

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

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Schools struggle to staff up for youth mental health crisis

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

The Independent UK

Paracetamol sales may be restricted, but a ‘fine balance’ is needed for pain management

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

The New Daily

Scots student who battled anorexia as teenager speaks out on mental health support failings

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.

Daily Record

Locking up kids has serious mental health impacts and contributes to further reoffending

This article contains information on violence experienced by First Nations young people in the Australian carceral system. There are mentions of racist terms, and this piece also mentions self harm, trauma and suicide.

The Conversation

Healthcare for New Zealanders with multiple chronic conditions needs ‘radical rethinking’ – here’s what should happen

One in four New Zealanders have more than two chronic conditions, including both physical and mental health issues.

The Conversation

On World Children’s Day, let’s recognize that children’s rights include mental health

World Children’s Day is Nov. 20, when we celebrate the importance of children’s rights and of safeguarding adequate physical, mental, spiritual and social development for every child around the world.

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Law firm to investigate if any bosses were to blame for alleged abuse of patients at mental health unit

'The purpose of this investigation is to ascertain whether any individual or individuals employed by the Trust in a leadership capacity have caused or contributed towards failings in patient care'

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High-flying fashion designer took his own life in Manhattan hotel room after his life 'unravelled'

A-star student Dominic Miachon-Hobson, 38, worked for a string of top fashion firms

Daily Record

Blantyre man takes on incredible 400-mile run in memory of pals in mammoth Movember challenge

Derek Whiteford is raising cash and awareness for cancer and mental health charities

Daily Record

Mens mental heath support group Kickin' On as new hub opens up service to community

The project was begun two years ago and has been a great success so far.

Tribune News Service

‘A place to begin to heal’: Fort Meade opens a resiliency center for those who bear the weight of secret, stressful missions

BALTIMORE — On one side of the Fort Meade gate, they are part of the nation’s secret-finding and -keeping apparatus. They’re on the front lines, however remotely, of global conflicts and nefarious threats.

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Taking up a sport could rescue your mental health - and save your life

THE last two years of living in lockdown may have had a profound effect on mental health, only now becoming apparent when coming out the other side.

The Independent UK

Mental crises excluded from some state abortion exemptions

Abortion bans in several states allow exemptions for life-threatening health emergencies, but they say mental health crises don't count

Daily Mirror

Kate Middleton comforts weeping mother as she meets families who fled war in Ukraine

The Princess of Wales Kate Middleton visited the Reading Ukrainian Community Centre where she met Ukrainian families who have come to the UK after fleeing the conflict in their home country

The Independent UK

How to look after your mental health through the cost of living crisis

With the cost of living reaching the highest level in decades, Furvah Shah speaks to experts about how to not to let the stress of it get to us

The Guardian - UK

The Madness by Fergal Keane review – the BBC correspondent on conflict, fear and PTSD

A brutally honest exploration of the ethics and motivations of war reporters, and of Keane’s own demons

Wales Online

Over 50% of people 'worried about being able to afford food'

Cost-of-living crisis is causing stress, anxiety and feelings of hopelessness as people fret over how to pay bills

Daily Mirror

Dwayne Johnson urges fans to 'ask for help' and insists there is no shame in doing so

Dwayne Johnson candidly opened up on the importance of looking after your mental health and admitted he used to bottle up his emotions

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