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Adverse mental health outcomes and alcohol misuse among UK Armed Forces personnel

The most prevalent condition reported remains CMD (27.8%), now followed by probable PTSD (9.4%) and then alcohol misuse (8.4%). The study now finds an ... View article...

Middle-aged and older adults with autistic traits face rising anxiety over time

Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions and is especially prevalent among autistic people. It has also been ... View article...

Too much time with colleagues can put mental health at risk

Too much time with colleagues can put mental health at risk. Scientists have expressed concern over future space missions after tracking Antarctic ... View article...

Meet the vicar's daughter who is tackling mental health differently

“I'm an accidental entrepreneur. “In our society mental health is known to be one of the biggest challenges we face yet all the funding, all of the ... View article...

Maureen Duffy, novelist and playwright who was one of Britain's first openly gay women

... gay women. In novels such as That's How It Was (1962) and The Microcosm (1966), published at a time when even the most intelligent readers had ... View article...

Why you need to see Pride

It told audiences the story of a little-known moment in British history: during the 1984 miners' strike, a group of lesbian and gay activists ... View article...

UK LGBTQ Singles More Open To Dating And Sex As Self-Care

A new survey by Lovehoney of over 2000 people in the UK shows notable differences in how LGBTQ+ individuals use sex for wellness compared to ... View article...

STIs fall with syphilis among gay and bisexual men lowest in a decade

While this decline is a cause for optimism, syphilis diagnoses in heterosexual women increased. View article...

Mind responds to Alan Milburn's Interim Report 'The system is failing a generation'

Nearly one million young people out of work, education and training. Dr Sarah Hughes, Chief Executive of mental health charity Mind says: “We're ... View article...

Act now to turn around young people's mental health and job prospects

Inaction from successive governments has left a generation of young people with poorer mental health, lower wellbeing and higher anxiety. For too many ... View article...

Failure to support young people into work must change

Pushing young people who are too unwell to work into financial hardship will worsen their mental health, while failing to adequately support a return ... View article...

Neets suffer poor mental wellbeing

One in five young people who are not in employment, education or training (Neet) suffer from mental ill health, and many cite mental ill health as ... View article...