12 h. ago Grieving daughter handed TV licence criminal conviction in fast

A grieving woman with mental health problems is the latest case to emerge from the Single Justice Procedure

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18 h. ago ‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her

Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?I remember so clearly the moment it dawned on me that the mental health ward where my teenage daughter was being treated felt like little more than a prison. Ruth had been so trusting. So had we. That all changed the day she was moved from our local hospital to Thames Ward at Huntercombe hospital in Berkshire. When we left, she walked so easily down to the hospital transport with me and the play therapist – who hugged her tight and waved goodbye. When the van door opened at the other end, the stark building loomed over us. We were met and escorted up a flight of stairs and through the double, air-locked, doors, one slamming closed behind us, the person with the keys waiting for the first lock to click before ...

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19 h. ago Lisa Snowdon, 53, reveals how early menopause at 42 'killed her sex life' and gave her 'uncontrollable bouts of rage'

The TV star, 53, says she was just 42 when the first symptoms of the peri-menopause began to de-rail her mental health - but doctors simply assumed she was depressed.

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20 h. ago Grieving daughter struggling with household bills convicted in fast

A grieving woman with mental health problems is the latest case to emerge from the Single Justice Procedure

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24 h. ago Stranger Things: The dark side of David Harbour and has it come back to haunt him?

The rumours of a rift with co-star Millie Bobby Brown has come weeks after the release of Lily Allen’s album ‘West End Girl’ which painted David Harbour as callous and cruel. For years, the ‘Stranger Things’ star has used work as a lifeline while dealing with his mental health issues, so how has he become pop culture’s enemy number one? Katie Rosseinsky reports

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24 h. ago TV Licence conviction against grieving woman battling mental health struggles

A grieving woman with mental health problems is the latest case to emerge from the Single Justice Procedure

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30 h. ago More than 20,000 NHS staff signed off due to mental health last year

The Conservatives blamed ‘dire workforce planning’ by the SNP

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30 h. ago ‘I didn’t want to make it all about me’: Jake Weatherald on his path to an Ashes call

The opener is in line for an Australia debut after twice taking time away from cricket to protect his mental health and piling on the runs for TasmaniaJake Weatherald and Justin Galeotti travelled separately on the short journey from the coffee shop to the nets for their scheduled hit. They trained as usual and with Galeotti oblivious to the fact Weatherald had just fielded a life-altering phone call from Australia’s chair of selectors, George Bailey, telling him his baggy green dream had almost arrived. The uncapped Weatherald was in the 15-player Ashes squad for the first Test.“It lasted about two minutes,” Weatherald says about the call with Bailey. “I didn’t want to bring it up [with Galeotti] because I felt like it would distract from the net session. I didn’t want to make it all about me. We’d have been talking about it the whole time and not training.” Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Met Police sergeant who said detainee ‘deserves to be beaten up’ in BBC Panorama footage sacked

Police Sergeant Lawrence Hume, based within the Metropolitan Police detention unit, was filmed as part of a BBC Panorama programme

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36 h. ago Men are still faking it till they break: Inside the crisis of hidden depression

On this week’s Well Enough podcast, bestselling author Owen O’Kane and TV presenter Matt Johnson open up to host Emilie Lavinia about the realities of men’s mental health – from masking pain with normality to learning the power of taking the first step toward help

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36 h. ago Men are still faking it until they break: Inside the crisis of hidden depression

On this week’s Well Enough podcast, bestselling author Owen O’Kane and TV presenter Matt Johnson open up to host Emilie Lavinia about the realities of men’s mental health – from masking pain with normality to learning the power of taking the first step toward help

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38 h. ago Selling Sunset favourite quits Netflix show for 'mental health'

The reality star has confirmed she will not be returning to Selling Sunset after a brutal season of the Netflix show

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39 h. ago Met officer who shared messages about sexually abusing children avoids jail— but does get the sack

Messages of a ‘extreme, violent and sexual nature’ were found on former PC Duncan Bouette’s phone

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41 h. ago Owen O’Kane and Matt Johnson on the men’s mental health crisis

Men and boys are told to "man up," but suicide is still the biggest killer of men under 50. To mark Men’s Mental Health Awareness month, Sunday Times Bestselling author Owen O’Kane, and broadcaster and mental health campaigner Matt Johnson discuss the UK’s male mental health crisis. Together with podcast host Emilie Lavinia, they discuss the most common symptoms of anxiety and depression that are often missed, how and when to seek help the simple tools for supporting good mental health and wellbeing.

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44 h. ago Sir Bradley Wiggins checks into trauma rehab clinic as disgraced sports star covers the bill

Sir Bradley Wiggins has been open about his mental health struggles in the past, and he's checking into a rehabilitation facility for trauma counselling in the United States

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48 h. ago Seven court cases claim ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harm

The lawsuits claim people were drive to hatmful delusioons despite having no mental health problems before they used the software

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48 h. ago OpenAI faces seven court cases claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide or harm

The lawsuits claim the AI chat software drove people to harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health problems

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52 h. ago Aimee Lou Wood praises Angelina Jolie for standing by her after she 'panicked' on set and spoke up for her mental health

Aimee Lou Wood revealed she had Angelina Jolie's support on set when she stood up for her mental health.

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53 h. ago JAN MOIR: Why do we let the worried well clog up the mental health system

Another week, another knife wielding madman is mass stabbing strangers on a London-bound train at will. Am I allowed to say 'madman'?

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53 h. ago OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions

OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues

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