The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Cash boost for mental health

The cabinet has approved a budget worth 686 million baht for the mental health service network development project to help alleviate a shortage in psychiatrists and psychotherapists.

Bangkok Post · Jan 28, 2023

Judge: Colorado supermarket shooting suspect unfit to stand trial

The 23-year-old alleged attacker is charged with killing 10 people in a Colorado supermarket in March 2021.

Al Jazeera · Jan 27, 2023

WA town bans sale of energy drinks to under 18s to combat declining mental health

A small town GP is leading a research trial to see if banning the sale of energy drinks to children will reduce anxiety and insomnia in the town's youth.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2023

Ben Stokes opens up about mental health break - "Everything got a bit too much for me"

England Test captain Ben Stokes took a six-month break from cricket in 2021 to prioritise his mental health and he has opened up about his struggles

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Police say no third party involved after woman lay dead for almost four years

Laura Winham’s family say she was ‘abandoned and left to die’ by mental health and social services.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

‘Abandoned’ vulnerable woman lay dead in Surrey flat for more than three years

Schizophrenic Laura Winham, 38, had written “I need help” on her calendar shortly before her death

Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023

Mum-of-7 racks up £1,000 in Clear Air Zone fines while visiting her son in hospital

One of Carly Caldwell's seven children was sectioned under the Mental Health Act in July 2021 and placed in Parkview Clinic in Moseley. During her trips back and forth to support him she was hit with the fines.

Daily Mirror · Jan 27, 2023

Woman lay dead in her flat for three-and-a-half years until brother found her

Laura Winham’s sister said social care and mental health teams had “turned a blind eye” and everybody with a duty of care had “wiped their hands of her and forgot her”

Wales Online · Jan 27, 2023

Vulnerable woman dead in flat for three years was ‘abandoned’, say family

Laura Winham was found in a ‘mummified and skeletal state’ by her brother in May 2021.

The Independent UK · Jan 27, 2023

Charity fundraiser Speedo Mick thanks Scots for support as he arrives in Glasgow

So far, over £75,000 has been raised for his final stomp for The SpeedoMick Foundation as Mick plans to hang up his blue trunks to spend more time with his loved ones.

Daily Record · Jan 27, 2023