4 h. ago Gwyneth Paltrow says she has ‘ADD’ and is battling anxiety, intrusive thoughts and ‘messed up’ nervous system

The Oscar-winning actress says years of stress, hormones and fame have left her struggling to switch off

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6 h. ago EastEnders Shona McGarty's mental health battle revealed as she joins I'm A Celebrity

The actress - who is best known as EastEnders' Whitney - is one of the stars going into the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here jungle

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7 h. ago US could block obese visitors from entering country under new visa guidance

Obesity is just one of the conditions which could get visitors denied a US visa

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14 h. ago NHS trust fined after woman takes life in mental health unit

Alice Figueiredo’s mother has criticised staff for ‘indifference, ignorance, even at times cruelty’

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27 h. ago Mother of woman, 22, who took her own life on hospital ward hits out at staff's 'indifference, ignorance and at times cruelty' as trust is fined £565,000

Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life in a mental health unit at Goodmayes Hospital, Redbridge, after more than 10 similar attempts.

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27 h. ago Man who blew himself up in a Cybertruck outside Trump hotel was suffering a mental health crisis, report says

The man responsible for the Las Vegas New Year’s Day attack would have been described as a “military hero” had he not planned the attack, law enforcement officials said

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28 h. ago NHS trust fined £565,000 after woman killed herself on ‘death trap’ ward

Alice Figueiredo, 22, died in 2015 on the Hepworth ward at Goodmayes hospital after 18 similar attempts to self-harm A woman whose daughter killed herself on a “death trap” mental health ward in London has called for urgent change after an NHS trust was fined more than half a million pounds.Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life at Goodmayes hospital, Redbridge, after 18 similar attempts. Continue reading...

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32 h. ago NHS worker fined £500k over woman who 'predicted her own death'

Alice Figueiredo's parents said she did not feel safe in the secure mental health hospital she was being treated in

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32 h. ago London NHS trust fined £500k over death of young woman who took her own life

Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life in a mental health unit at Goodmayes Hospital, east London

Economics

42 h. ago Drastic change needed at mental health units after Sadie McKenzie's horror

"Her story, alongside those of so many other kids, must lead to change. Health bosses can no longer say they weren’t warned."

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42 h. ago Scots nurses hacked off teenager's hair and forced her into "suicide smock" at mental health unit

Sadie McKenzie claims she has been left traumatised by her treatment when she was admitted in 2020 at the age of just 15.

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45 h. ago LEO MCKINSTRY: Though Parkinson's is laying waste to my body, I refuse to stop working. And I feel only disdain for all those who say their mental health comes first

LEO MCKINSTRY: A sense of relief washes over me. The shaking in my legs and right arm has stopped.

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53 h. ago Readers' Letters: We need to look at Scotland's mental health crisis

Holyrood must get to grips with mental health of nation, says reader

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55 h. ago Quarter of men would 'never' consider help for mental health amid ongoing stigma

Research shows men are still reluctant to seek professional help for their mental health.

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55 h. ago Men reluctant to seek mental health support as 1 in 10 say therapy 'not for men'

A study has found that nearly a quarter of men would never consider professional help for their mental health, even if they were struggling

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56 h. ago Does fasting dull your mental edge? New data reveals how skipping meals affects the body

Scientists have broken down the good - and not so good - effects of fasting diets.

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57 h. ago Premier League star 'considered retirement' during brave mental health struggles

West Ham midfielder Tomas Soucek has shown admirable strength to open up on his fight against insomnia and depression during his new autobiography 'Suk'

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63 h. ago A new start after 60: I found my feet in midlife, became a park ranger at 85 – and retired happily at 100

At 104, Betty Reid Soskin has had the most extraordinary life, from protest singing to civil rights activism to meeting the Obamas. She reflects on what it takes to stay strong and keep goingBetty Reid Soskin was 92 when she first went viral and became, in effect, a rock star of the National Park Service. She was the oldest full-time national park ranger in the US – this was back in 2013; she’d become a ranger at 85 – but she had been furloughed along with 800,000 other federal employees during the government shutdown. News channels flocked to interview her. She was aggrieved not to be working, she told them; she had a job to do.“In a funny way, I suppose that started lots of things,” Soskin says. Her memoir, Sign My Name to Freedom, was published in 2018, and a documentary about her work, No Time to Waste, was released in 2020. Another film is in the works. Barack Obama called her “profoundly inspiring”. Annie Leibovitz photographed her. Glamour magazine named her woman of the year...

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65 h. ago Sir Stephen Fry backs The Independent’s SafeCall campaign to help missing children find safety and support

The actor and broadcaster, a long-time advocate for mental health, says the cause is deeply personal after he once went missing himself. He is urging readers to support The Independent’s campaign with the charity Missing People to protect children in crisis

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3 d. ago Countryfile star opens up on 'difficult' times with wife in sad cancer admission

Countryfile presenter Adam Henson has opened up about the difficult times he has faced, including his wife Charlie's cancer diagnosis, as he spoke about mental health

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