20 h. ago Lewis Capaldi stops writing songs to battle mental health issues

Lewis Capaldi hasn't written music in six months as he recovers from mental health issues. He learning to take foot off gas and has his brother helping him shed pounds after tipping 20 stone.

Events

25 h. ago ‘Profound alarm’: US veterans agency roiled by fight over anti

Nearly 100 lawmakers claim the agency’s recent actions put veterans’ healthcare at risk. Department of Veterans Affairs chief says ‘no one is being discriminated against at VA’The US Department of Veterans Affairs has enthusiastically joined Donald Trump’s war on DEI – demanding that staffers report colleagues who engage in diversity initiatives, banning LGBTQ+ pride flags from VA hospitals and shuttering an office investigating why Black veterans are more likely to have their mental health disability claims rejected.Last week, VA secretary Doug Collins tweeted that “VA is now squarely focused on Veterans – not out-of-touch, woke causes such as DEI and gender dysphoria treatments.” Continue reading...

Events

48 h. ago Slender Man case: woman who stabbed classmate to be released from psychiatric hospital

Morgan Geyser, who pleaded guilty to 2014 attack when she was 12 years old, granted conditional releaseA 22-year-old woman who stabbed a classmate a decade ago believing that the act would earn her the right to be servant of Slender Man, a fictional supernatural character, is set to be released from a Wisconsin psychiatric hospital.Waukesha county circuit Judge Scott Wagner agreed on Thursday to the conditional release of Morgan Geyser from Winnebago mental health institute, a psychiatric hospital where she has spent the last seven years. Continue reading...

Science

49 h. ago Adam Frost reveals he felt 'disconnected' in honest health admission

Gardeners' World presenter Adam Frost has opened up on his mental health and revealed he felt 'disconnected'

Events

50 h. ago 'They saved my mental health': BBC Radio 2 host Shaun Keaveny calls on government to protect canals

The presenter says canal walks have become essential to managing his ADHD - and wants ministers to protect these spaces for the millions who rely on them

Politics

51 h. ago ‘In the world of psychiatry, all your certainties are shattered’: has cinema’s champion of kindness run out of patience?

Nicolas Philibert completes his triptych of films about mental health centres with a documentary about where patients go on their darkest daysLaurence is a woman in desperate need of an act of human kindness. A hug, a cuddle: that is all she needs to keep at bay the nightmarish visions that haunt her day and night, the grey-haired patient urges her psychiatrist, words pressed through a clenched jaw, eyes bulging in panic. Yet on her ward at the Esquirol hospital centre in Paris, such simple gestures are impossible to come by. “When I asked for a hug,” Laurence laments, “they gave me a jar of yoghurt.”This scene, from Nicolas Philibert’s new documentary At Averroès & Rosa Parks, is as hard to watch as anything you are likely to see on a cinema screen this year. But it is especially remarkable coming from perhaps the world’s pre-eminent maker of humanist documentaries. The Frenchman Philibert is one of modern cinema’s great champions of kindness. Aged 74, he has built a career mak...

Politics

54 h. ago Scotland’s older population struggle with independence during the summer months

New data shows that millions of older adults in the UK find the summer months just as isolating as the winter months. Whilst the majority of Brits have been basking in the heat, enjoying the sunshine and socialising, thousands of over-50s in Scotland remain trapped indoors, facing mobility challenges that limit their independence and contribute to a downward spiral of mental health.

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57 h. ago Air India captain in mental health probe after 'cutting fuel switch' in tense exchange

A black box recording revealed a tense exchange between the pilot and his co-pilot before the horror crash as it emerged that Captain Sumeet Sabharwal suffered from depression and mental health issues

Society

60 h. ago Urgent new DWP alert as some have £60 a month taken from their benefits

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, which was set up by Martin Lewis, said some people are being subjected to sudden and severe debt collection practices

Economics

67 h. ago Charity highlights ‘harsh treatment’ of people who have been overpaid benefits

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute said that overpayments can build up for months unbeknown to recipients but the DWP clawback may be rapid.

Politics

68 h. ago Bravo star Scheana Shay reveals the ‘biggest secret’ she’s ever kept — and it’s not about her marriage

EXCLUSIVE: Scheana Shay is at her ‘most authentic’ in her new memoir, ‘My Good Side,’ which will be released July 22. Caitlin Hornik spoke to the Bravo star ahead of its release about all things mental health, motherhood, and Lisa Vanderpump.

Politics

2 d. ago EastEnders' Phil Mitchell faces worrying triple setback following mental health storyline

It was an emotional night for Phil Mitchell in EastEnders tonight as he discovered Callum and Johnny's affair in explosive scenes just one day after Nigel's departure

Politics

3 d. ago 'I've been feeling a bit forlorn': Zoe Ball discusses mental health battles and how she is missing her two children

Zoe Ball has opened up about her recent mental health struggles as she admitted she has been feeling 'forlorn' and suffering from social anxiety.

Events

3 d. ago 'I've been feeling a bit forlorn': Zoe Ball discusses her mental health battles and how she is missing her two children

Zoe Ball has opened up about her recent mental health struggles as she admitted she has been feeling 'forlorn' and suffering from social anxiety.

Events

3 d. ago Is it safe to use magic mushrooms while pregnant? One woman’s quest raises questions

Inspired by Indigenous practices, Mikaela de la Myco has collected stories of mothers who say psilocybin helped them during pregnancy. US scientists are skepticalWhen Mikaela found out she was pregnant six years ago, she knew she needed to stop drinking. What she wasn’t sure about was how she would manage the cravings.As a teenager, she had discovered that alcohol and opiates could dull traumatic memories, including recurrent sexual assaults that played in her mind nonstop and led to suicidal thoughts. But as she entered her 20s, eager to address her mental health, she realized what helped most was psilocybin. Continue reading...

Politics

3 d. ago Half of Brits claim a 'satisfying number two' improves their mental health

A whopping 54% of people claim a successful trip to the loo boosts their overall wellbeing, highlighting just how detrimental bowel problems can be in a survey commissioned by Movico

Politics

3 d. ago Family of Scottish farmer father lost to suicide raise £88k in 100

The money will go towards mental health services for those in the agriculture sector.

Society

3 d. ago I cut off my parents at 42 and changed my surname to save my mental health. My life became instantly better: Thousands of adults are walking out on their families

Eight years ago Richard Carnaby handed his parents the set of door keys that gave him access to their Suffolk home. 'I told them I wouldn't be needing them any more,' he says.

Society

3 d. ago Tragic connection between doomed jets: How Air India, MH370 and Germanwings disasters all sparked fears their captains suffered mental health issues

Captain Sumeet Sabharwal, was piloting the Boeing 787 Dreamliner when it plummeted into a residential area, killing all but one of the 242 people on board.

Events

4 d. ago Bereaved mothers call for urgent action to fix mental health services

The families were backed by Melanie Leahy who led a ten-year campaign for a public inquiry into mental health related deaths in Essex.

Politics