The Latest Breaking News from Mental Health

ADF 'must target Indigenous mental health'

Mental health support for First Nations personnel can be improved through targeted mechanisms, the veterans royal commission has been told.

AAP · Jun 29, 2022

Mentally ill driver was released from custody two months before killing boy

Harley Watson, 12, was killed when Terence Glover drove his car into a crowd of children on a pavement.

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Nurse says random Babestation message on Instagram 'changed my life'

Megan Rox from Birmingham had been working in healthcare since the age of 19 but the pandemic had a massive impact on her mental health

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022

Coroner issues warning on NHS mental health services after girl’s suicide

Coroner will write to health secretary after finding neglect led to death of 14-year-old Robyn Skilton in West Sussex

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022

Mental health services slammed as 'inadequate' by watchdog as patients left 'unsafe'

More than 400 people have been left waiting for an assessment as their condition worsened, investigators revealed

Manchester Evening News · Jun 29, 2022

Inspecting the inspectors: students assess Ofsted regime’s toll on wellbeing

Sixth-formers propose alternatives after showing how visits cause stress for pupils as well as teachers

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022

Black Summer bushfire mental health program should be extended, says GP

There are calls to extend a mental health support package for bushfire victims who are still realising the impact of the Black Summer disaster.

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

Luca Brasi band member Tyler Richardson becomes Lifeline ambassador

It's a cause close to his heart, now Luca Brasi's Tyler Richardson wants to talk mental health as Tasmania's first Lifeline ambassador.

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022

Online sports betting is heading to the California ballot in November

On June 27, the California secretary of state reported that an initiative to legalize online and mobile sports betting had qualified for the ballot. The final random sample count concluded that over 1.1 million of the nearly 1.6 million signatures submitted were valid. The required number of signatures for the…

Ballotpedia · Jun 29, 2022

Cooking with ‘dirty’ fuels affects women’s mental health

About 2.6 billion people – nearly half of the global population, most of them in Africa, Asia and central and south America – rely on biomass fuels, like wood and charcoal, or kerosene to cook meals, heat and light their homes.

The Conversation · Jun 28, 2022