All news on the topic: Mental health

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'Poor health has killed my love for life and I don't want to leave the house'
Agony aunt Coleen Nolan speaks to a desperate reader who has been struggling with her mental health after suffering a stroke
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Weight loss jab to be sold by UK chemists 'could be gateway to eating disorders'
Experts have raised concerns about the potentially damaging effects of Wegovy weight loss jab, known as the 'skinny shot'
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Mum convinced her children were dirty spent 5 hours a day cleaning amid OCD
Angel Stagg, 25, says she had voices in her head telling her that her children weren't clean enough while her cleaning routine would take up her entire morning every day
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Nicola Bulley's reputation 'destroyed' by police, says ex-detective
Nicola Bulley, who was last seen on January 27 while walking her springer spaniel Willow in the village of St Michael's on the Wyre, was categorised as a "high-risk" missing person
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Welsh rugby bosses tell players they are paying salaries rugby cannot afford
WRU interim CEO Nigel Walker met with senior members of Warren Gatland's squad to try to stave off the threat of Six Nations strike action - hours later players are believed to have walked out of a sponsor event early in a show of disaffection
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'Parklife – why disabled kids don’t always have a spring in their step'
Half of all disabled kids have had difficulty accessing play equipment in local parks and almost a tenth of disabled kids are worried they’ll get hurt on equipment which isn’t made with accessibility in mind
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Emmerdale to air first episode with all-male cast in harrowing suicide storyline
Emmerdale's Paddy, who is played by soap star Dominic Brunt, will begin having suicidal thoughts after he is left feeling alone and struggling to find his place in people’s lives
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Nicola Bulley dive expert U-turn on search after being told of health issues
Specialist Group International chief Peter Faulding said Lancashire Police did not tell him and his team Nicola Bulley was vulnerable and it would have changed their strategy
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Inside abandoned mental asylum with doors ripped off hinges and empty body bags
The images, taken of Hellingly Hospital, East Sussex reveals the chilling remains of what life was like in a psychiatric hospital. Opened in 1898, the asylum was built to combat overcrowding in the Sussex County Asylum
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Jeremy Hunt 'planning to tell GPs not to sign people off long-sick in Budget'
The Chancellor is said to be looking into ways of driving down the number of people signed off sick - but it has sparked concerns that people could be forced into work when they're not well enough
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Fund to provide mental help support for girl in 'racist attack' outside school
A fund is being raised to provide mental health support to the 15-year-old girl who was beaten what police are investigating as an allegedly racially-motivated attack outside Thomas Knyvett school in Ashford, Surrey
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Scientific formula names happiest songs - Good Vibrations tops the list
A music psychologist has said the perfect 'happy' song should be 137BPM, in a major key, with a short intro and bright tones, and four beats in every bar
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Corrie’s Amy suffers harrowing rape as Aaron preys on her in frightening scenes
Coronation Street has confirmed the ITV soap will air harrowing scenes next month, in which Aaron has non-consensual sex with Amy in their flat
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Contraceptive pill for men developed that could be taken just before sex
Scientists have developed a new male contraceptive pill to block fertility for 24 hours. Professor Lonny Levin says she cannot wait for the time when men can walk into clinics and request the "male pill"
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Girl blind in one eye after becoming one of three people in UK with rare disease
Ruby Hopper was misdiagnosed with the flu on four occasions, after developing a pain in her eye. Now doctors have identified she is only one of three people in the UK to have a rare disease
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Brit Embassy spy 'was disgusted with himself' for selling secrets to Russians
David Smith, 58, hoarded documents and was caught filming a man he thought was a Russian "traitor" where he worked at the British embassy in Berlin
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McFly's Dougie Poynter 'is dating star of Netflix's The Sandman Yasmeen Scott'
Dougie Poynter is reportedly dating actress Yasmeen Scott, with the pair having been together for nearly a year
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Pressure mounts on Tories to save terrestrial TV from big switch off after 2040
The Broadcast 2040+ campaign is stepping up its battle - and a petition by a leading pensioners' group has crossed the 10,000-signature milestone, forcing a response from the Government
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Harrowing photos of woman shows devastating effect of drugs before tragic death
Helen Stobbart quickly deteriorated in the months before her death owing to her heroin addiction, crack cocaine, and methadone with her mum convinced she would still be alive with the right help
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England star George Williams opens up on testicular cancer mis-diagnosis
After working his way into the Wigan Warriors first team George Williams was given the scary diagnosis that he had testicular cancer - the star has now spoken about the mental impact it had
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Spy spent years 'collecting highly sensitive secrets to sell to the Russians'
David Ballantyne Smith collected highly sensitive secrets while working as a security guard in the British Embassy in Berlin and sold them to Russia for large amounts of money
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NHS heroes with horrific Long Covid now face losing jobs as support is cut
As many as 10,000 NHS workers who kept the country running through the pandemic are now predicted to make compensation claims after having their lives ruined by Long Covid
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Emmerdale's Paddy Dingle star feels 'big responsibility' with suicide storyline
Emmerdale's Paddy Dingle is attempting to take his own life on the ITV show, and the actor who plays him admits he feels a huge responsibility with the storyline
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'I'm dating girl of my dreams but think she's cheating as phone went off in bed'
Coleen Nolan advises a reader who suspects their girlfriend of cheating on them, after she received a late-night call in bed from a mysterious man called "John"
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Caroline Flack cops 'deeply sorry' after assault charge blunder as mum slams Met
Caroline Flack's mum, Christine, had complained to the Metropolitan Police for pursuing a charge of assault for the ex-Love Island host, before she tragically took her own life in 2020