The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Texas has some of most lenient gun laws in country

Twenty-seven school shootings have taken place since the start of the year in the United States. Ten days after Buffalo, the news cycle turns to Texas with the familiar ritual of shock, grief and outrage before counter-arguments about mental health and the responsibility of parents.

Activist and campaigner who worked to help people with mental health difficulties organise and advocate for change

Letters: The waiting list to see a mental health nurse at school is months’ long, says one teacher. Plus letters from Martin Bell of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and Stephen Baron

Letter: Patricia Rashbrook describes how in the 1970s the university devised a system of mental health safeguarding that higher institutions today must learn from

The impact of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a hidden chronic mental health issue in the workplace. A 2016 survey of UK adults found that one in five people between the ages of 18 and 74 said they had experienced at least one form of child abuse, whether…

Statins are used to lower cholesterol in the blood, but a new study has found that the medicine may also be able to protect against depression and boost mental health

The writer of Channel 4’s new comedy on finding humour in tragedy and why we still have a long way to go when it comes to tackling mental health

Scientists are looking at case studies from the early 20th century to improve services.