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NHS nurses 'too busy to give mental health patients enough help'

Mental health patients are frequently coming to harm because of overwhelming caseloads for nurses, according to a survey of staff. View article...

Long waits for child ADHD assessments impacting mental wellbeing

NHS figures show must children under the age of 17 wait for more than a year for an ADHD assessment with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services ( ... View article...

Being Bad At A New Hobby Can Boost Your Mental Health, Say Therapists

... mental distress. So, while “For many adults, particularly high achievers, occupying the role of a beginner can evoke vulnerability due to ... View article...

Supported housing shortages costing mental health services £100m a year, report finds

A lack of supported housing is forcing mental health patients to remain in hospital despite being clinically ready for discharge, costing the NHS in ... View article...

EU says LGBT child-protection law breaches bloc's values

A landmark ruling against Hungary's 2021 child-protection law has sharpened the dispute between Brussels and Budapest over who defines Europe's ... View article...

Why aren't presidential assassins trying to impress Jodie Foster any more?

AT 63, she is a respected actress, a Hollywood icon and an LGBT pioneer. But apparently all that means nothing to the disrespectful men trying to ... View article...

Owner of the UK's Pink Punters says the LGBT club has been completely destroyed

The owner of the Pink Punters, a gay club in the British town of Fenny Stratford near Milton Keynes, says the venue was completely destroyed by ... View article...

Russian court says top LGBTQ rights group is 'extremist'

Russia has for years targeted LGBTQ organisations but has become even more hostile since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, ... View article...

Mental health during the pandemic in children and young people with ...

This allowed us to enrich data of child and adolescent mental health service users by incorporating survey data and clinical data from their ... View article...

More than 6 million UK managers don't have mental health training

New research reveals 6.1m UK workers with line management responsibility are not prepared for conversations about mental health with those they ... View article...

Using a new online mental health tool just once boosts UK teenagers' hope and emotional well-being

Research finds that one-time use of a free online tool can positively support young people's mental health and well-being. View article...

'No one size fits all' to boosting mental health, warns Cambridgeshire firefighter

The Government's new Firefighters Concordat is bringing in changes to tackle both physical and mental health issues across the UK. "There is no ... View article...