19 h. ago A Want in Her review – daughter’s searing portrait of family addiction and mental illness

Film-maker Myrid Carten exposes her relationship with her mother – who has both bipolar disorder and alcoholism – in this painful but powerful documentaryFor anyone who has been close to an alcoholic, or someone with mental-health issues or, as is the case here, both at once, this is a hard watch. Film-maker Myrid Carten, who holds the camera much of the time as well as directing, exposes here the open wound that is her relationship with her mother Nuala, who has both bipolar disorder and alcoholism. Nuala often goes missing on binges, and as the film opens we hear Myrid telling someone on the phone how she just spotted her mother on a Belfast street in a total state, but recognisable because of the glamorous high-heeled shoes she was wearing.You’d struggle to realise this is the same woman we see in news footage from years earlier: soignée, composed and described as a social worker who has written a guidance paper for police on how to handle victims of domestic abuse. The Nuala of ...

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50 h. ago Intruder with mental health issues vandalizes Washington state Capitol

An intruder broke into the Washington state Capitol and smashed a glass door, set fire to a rug and flag, knocked over busts of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. before he was taken into custody by state troopers

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3 d. ago ‘We all need someone’: the hairdressers tackling stigma of mental health issues in west Africa

In Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Togo, where therapy services are almost absent, some stylists are being trained to listen, comfort and guideYopougon, the largest of Abidjan’s 13 communes, with a population of 1.5 million, is known for its entrepreneurial grit, its bubbly nightlife and, in pop culture, as being the birthplace of Francophone Africa’s most popular comic character, Aya de Yopougon.Beneath the bustle, it is also home to another taboo-busting pioneer: 49-year-old Adjoua Catherine Tano, a hairdresser who has spent two decades offering mental health advice, or just listening quietly as she cuts her clients’ hair. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Shane Christie sustained multiple head injuries playing rugby. In death, he is still fighting for change

The former All Blacks Sevens player suspected he had CTE, a disease associated with head impacts, and has donated his brain to science to help understand the conditionFirst came the headaches, a feeling of pressure in the head. Then, Shane Christie started experiencing macabre hallucinations of his own death. Later, the once sociable New Zealand rugby player started getting into arguments with loved ones and towards the end paranoia consumed his trust, making him fearful and depressed.By the time Christie took his own life aged 39 in August – some 10 years after he first started experiencing the headaches – he was almost unrecognisable to those closest to him. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Racist voices are becoming louder and moving into the mainstream. How can I help my client feel safe? | Ahona Guha

Within the context of increasing anti-migrant and anti-Muslim rhetoric, Aisha found that she was hyper-vigilant and anxious about the possibility of another assaultThe modern mind is a column where experts discuss mental health issues they are seeing in their workAs far-right and anti-immigration influences take hold across the globe, people of colour are often struggling to know where they might feel safe. Encountering occasional racism has been a fact of life for people of colour in most countries in the west. Emboldened by the far-right movements, racist voices are now becoming louder and moving into the mainstream.One of the emergent themes within the therapy room has involved a resurgence of racial trauma, especially for those who have previously experienced significant such harm. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Here's what to know about CTE, the brain disease the NYC shooter blamed for his mental health issues

The man who killed four people in the New York City skyscraper that is home to NFL headquarters carried a note blaming the league for his mental health problems

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1 week ago Man who killed four people in New York City building containing NFL headquarters had CTE

Medical examiner says autopsy of Shane Tamura, who played football in high school, showed evidence of brain diseaseThe mass shooter who suspected he had CTE when he killed four people and himself in a Manhattan office building in July did in fact have the degenerative brain disease, the New York City medical examiner said on Friday.Shane Tamura, who was 27 and played football in high school, had “unambiguous diagnostic evidence” of low-stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the medical examiner found. The condition, which can only be diagnosed posthumously, is caused by repeated exposure to head trauma and is most commonly associated in the US with tackle football players, in particular those who have made it to the NFL. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The enduring curse of Baywatch: How show's genetically blessed stars have battled cancer, drug abuse, sexual harassment claims and mental health issues

We all remember those opening credits, the crowded California beaches packed with perma-tanned bodies and those raspy vocals as the Jimi Jamison launched into I'm Always Here.

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2 w. ago This supplement promises to improve IBS – but does it actually work?

Not only did my stomach issue ease, but my mental health improved massively

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2 w. ago Let’s stop asking why women aren’t having children and ask, for once: why aren’t men? | Rhiannon Lucy Coslett

On the whole, men I’ve spoken to – like women – want children. But a host of issues, from housing to mental health, is getting in the way“Why aren’t women having babies?” It’s the question on everyone’s lips as the fertility rate plummets to a record low in England, Scotland and Wales. A range of answers are always trotted out, from the entirely reasonable (childcare and housing costs; the motherhood career penalty) to the ludicrous (being so dim about our own fertility that we wake up one day realising we’ve left it too late). Yet perhaps it’s time we ask not only “why aren’t women having babies?”, but also “why aren’t men?”Men are largely invisible in the birthrate debate. It’s ironic that amid all the pontificating and the policy ideas for encouraging more women to have babies – a conversation often being had by men – the other half of humanity is strikingly underexamined. Part of the problem is an absence of data: like many European countries, we don’t really have any on male fe...

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2 w. ago From no prospects to employment: ‘I no longer feel lost — I feel purposeful and happy’

Two young people talk about overcoming mental health struggles with support of The King’s Trust – as Kim Kardashian’s business partner Emma Grede, who beat dyslexia, backs our appeal

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3 w. ago Suspect sought after car rammed into FBI gate in possible ‘act of terror’

Donald Henson allegedly drove at high speed toward main entrance gate of Pittsburgh field officeA search is under way for a man with a history of mental health issues who allegedly rammed his car into a metal gate at an FBI field office in Pittsburgh early Wednesday in what the agency said it is treating as “an act of terror against the FBI”.Donald Henson, of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, allegedly drove at high speed toward the main entrance gate at about 2.40am, said the FBI special agent in charge of the investigation, Christopher Giordano. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Home Office ‘did not respond to concerns’ about man who died on Bibby Stockholm

An inquest has heard that Albanian Leonard Farruku was said to have ‘serious mental health issues’.

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3 w. ago Takeaways from our collaboration on youth mental health after the Maui wildfires

Two years after wildfires devastated Lahaina, many students are still struggling with mental health issues

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3 w. ago Tragic last video of Ricky Hatton shows him gearing up for boxing comeback just hours before his death

The boxer, who has long battled mental health issues, had been preparing for a comeback fight.

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3 w. ago Ricky Hatton's struggles with drugs and mental health issues were well documented

After being pictured snorting a substance on the front page of a newspaper in 2010, Ricky sought help and admitted himself to a rehab facility, The Priory.

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3 w. ago People with stress, anxiety or depression could be entitled to PIP or ADP

More than 1.4 million people are currently receiving PIP or Adult Disability Payment to help with a mental health condition.

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4 w. ago Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco has been detained and admitted into a clinic for mental health issues

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been detained by police and admitted to a mental health clinic in the Dominican Republic

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