All news on the topic: Mental health

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Keir Starmer says forced adoptions were a "stain" on Britain’s history in landmark apology
Previously, the then-Conservative government declined to apologise, arguing that the state had not supported these practices. Starmer has now acknowledged the government’s role in forced adoptions.
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Coroner agrees to record trans man as male after family’s legal fight
A fresh inquest will take place into the death of a 20 year old trans man after the original inquest was overturned following a legal challenge.
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Over 30,000 Scots sought urgent mental health help — two thirds turned away
Two thirds of Scots seeking urgent mental health help are turned away, with waits in some areas stretching beyond three years.
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Seven deaths at “squalid” HMP Pentonville expose crisis in Britain’s prisons
Within one year, seven men died at the ‘squalid’ and ‘inhumane’ prison.
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Starmer announces under-16 social media ban as parents cheer historic crackdown
All children under the age of 16 will be banned from using social media, Sir Keir Starmer has announced.
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Son of former Karcher boss died at family farm after job search struggles, inquest hears
The son of a manufacturing tycoon killed himself with an air pistol in front of his father after struggling to find a "proper job", an inquest has heard.
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“Officer Z” escapes public naming after sexual misconduct ruling sparks transparency backlash in South Wales Police
South Wales Police is preventing us from naming yet another disgraced former officer.
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Scott Hastings, Grand Slam hero and Lions great, dies at 6
Scott Hastings, one of Scotland’s greatest players and a two-time tourist with the British and Irish Lions, has died at the age of 61.
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Drug counselor jailed over Matthew Perry ketamine death
A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday sentenced Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, to two years in prison for his role in the death of the Friends actor Matthew Perry.
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Hero off-duty London police volunteer catches knifeman who tried to kill woman and toddler
A hero off-duty volunteer police officer apprehended a knifeman who carried out a brutal attack on a woman and two children in East London.
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ChatGPT "advised school shooter to target kids to get more attention"
The widow of a man killed in a mass shooting is suing ChatGPT’s parent company OpenAI, claiming the chatbot contributed to the tragedy.
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Ex-Liverpool women’s boss "bullied by club before tragic death"
A top women’s football manager tragically died after he was allegedly bullied by his former club, an inquest heard.
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Hannah Bloor fined for sharing ex-boyfriend’s nude image after alleging abuse
A horsewoman shared a naked picture of her ex-boyfriend after she accused him of abusing her during their toxic romance.
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Social media is engineered addiction and children are its most valuable target
Yet even as policymakers debate the issue, the framing itself risks missing the deeper problem.
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Prince Harry says he wants to “upgrade” his parenting and “cleanse” his past during Australia visit
Prince Harry has openly discussed how he wanted to ’upgrade’ the parenting he received as a child when raising his own children during the second day of his visit to Australia.
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Stranded in the Gulf: seafarers face mental health crisis amid Iran tensions
You can try to minimize the impact that this situation has on your mental health, but it’s becoming impossible.”
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Royal visit under pressure: how Rina Oh and Epstein survivors are challenging King Charles III ahead of his trip to the United States
An Epstein survivor has said she is prepared to wait outside the White House to meet with King Charles during his state visit.
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UK detained 76 “age-disputed” children under migrant swap scheme
More than 70 children from various conflict zones whose ages were disputed by the Home Office have been held in detention centres in the UK in preparation for forced removal.
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Shocking footage shows a man lunging at a passenger and nearly forcing him onto the tracks at a Seattle station
This is the shocking moment a passenger was almost pushed into the path of an oncoming train by a crazed attacker in a terrifying assault.
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Private school student, 16, dies by suicide a day after seeking guidance from ChatGPT on how to end his life
An ’academically gifted’ teenager asked ChatGPT for advice about how to kill himself before taking his own life the next day, an inquest heard.
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Court orders Meta and Google to pay $3 million after woman’s social media addiction case
Meta and Google have been found liable for a woman’s social media addiction in a landmark case.
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‘I’m going to kill my mother’: Teen jailed for life after hammer murder of his mother and chilling online posts
A teenager has been jailed for life after killing his mother with a hammer and boasting about the attack online.
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Prison doctor exposes brutal reality behind bars as attacks and chaos spiral
As pressure inside the UK’s prison system reaches breaking point, a prison doctor has revealed some of the most disturbing scenes he has witnessed behind bars — from gruesome self-harm cases to notorious inmates making headlines even within prison walls.
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Ministers criticised after £550,000 of taxpayer money spent on Headspace app for officials
The government has been accused of ‘blowing their money’ on ‘lifestyle perks’ after they spent more than £550,000 on meditation apps for civil servants since Covid.
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Boy, 14, arrested on suspicion of harassment after death of Manchester schoolgirl
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of harassment following the death of a schoolgirl.