The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Albany mental health support service to close after 40 years due to funding cuts

Fellowship House at Albany will permanently shut its doors at the end of March due to funding cuts.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2023

Mum of 12-year-old girl who took her own life after bullying demands action from the Government

Charley Ann Patterson died in hospital after being found unresponsive in her bedroom

Chronicle Live · Jan 20, 2023

Scottish university launches study into mental health of marginalised young men

STRATHCLYDE University has launched a new study into young men’s mental health, in collaboration with Dundee University and Monash University in…

The National (Scotland) · Jan 20, 2023

Blogger who died after taking poison from Russia failed by hospital neglect, inquest rules

Beth Matthews’ death was “wholly avoidable” and “completely unnecessary”

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2023

A mother and her children were left to freeze to death after wandering in the cold for days. Why did no one save them?

EXCLUSIVE: Monica Cannady and her two children died of hypothermia after wandering in the cold for days. As an investigation into a deputy involved in the case gets underway, Cannady’s aunt tells Andrea Blanco how the tragedy ‘just came out of the blue’

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Michigan deputy under investigation after mother and her two children froze to death in field

An Oakland County deputy is now under investigation for not covering the full perimeter of an area where Monica Cannady and her children were seen

The Independent UK · Jan 19, 2023

Fall Out Boy's Joe Trohman takes a break for mental health: 'Burning out is dreadful'

Fall Out Boy guitarist Joe Trohman announced Wednesday that he is temporarily leaving the band in order to focus on his mental health.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 19, 2023

Stockport hospital failed woman who took poisonous substance, inquest finds

Priory hospital Cheadle Royal provided ‘inadequate care’ for blogger Beth Matthews, who killed herself last year

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2023

Beth Matthews saved lives, but no one saved hers

After attempting to take her life Beth Matthews started a hugely popular blog, widely credited with helping people struggling with depressive illnesses - then her mental health began to spiral out of control. Chris Slater reports.

Manchester Evening News · Jan 19, 2023

"We have been tragically let down": Beth Matthews' family say her death was 'wholly avoidable'

Beth's devastated relatives opened up on their 'grief, unimaginable loss and anguish' as they called for mental health providers to 'listen and act' following the tragedy at The Priory in Cheadle in March last year

Manchester Evening News · Jan 19, 2023