The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

Love Island's Coco says her dad contacted ITV bosses over concerns for her mental health

Dumped Love Island star Coco Lodge has claimed her dad called the show's producers and asked them to 'show her full personality' after the star was trolled while on the show

Daily Mirror · Jul 21, 2022

Woman cleared of assaults on police calls for better officer training

Rebekah Smith would like improvements in how police deal with people with mental health problems and people of colour

Bristol Post · Jul 21, 2022

Schools can be a great resource for mental health in South Africa

In the face of deep inequality, unemployment, high rates of crime and violence, and the social and economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the mental health trajectory for young South Africans looks bleak.

The Conversation · Jul 21, 2022

Council opens support centre after 19 homes destroyed in Wennington fire

The centre will offer a range of support including housing, finance and mental health services

Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2022

Gene Collier: Too many guns, too few pianos

Perhaps you've become sickeningly aware this week that the response by law enforcement to the Uvalde school shooting May 24 did not unfold as it should have. Mistakes, as they say, were made. Boy were they.

Tribune News Service · Jul 21, 2022

Inquest hears teen girl's last cry for help as she struggled with mental health

The inquest heard it wasn't a genuine attempt to take her own life

Wales Online · Jul 21, 2022

Port Hedland probe into children's deaths continues as mother receives treatment for house fire injuries

The tight-knit community of Port Hedland mourns the loss of three young children found dead following a house fire as their mother is flown to Perth for specialist treatment after receiving injuries from the blaze.

ABC News · Jul 21, 2022

Former AFL player Archie Smith: ‘There’s actually strength in being vulnerable’

The death by suicide of his brother led to the Brisbane ruckman’s premature retirement and gave rise to new learnings in mental health advocacy

The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2022

Thousands of young people ‘attempt suicide while waiting for NHS treatment’

YoungMinds asked children and young people aged 25 and under for their views on accessing help.

The Independent UK · Jul 20, 2022

Green finger revolution blooms as rising cost of living drives people to grow their own food

From community gardens to farmers markets and seedling sales, more Australians are embracing their green thumbs — saving money and potentially boosting their mental health at the same time.

ABC News · Jul 20, 2022