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New mental health crisis house “designed by service users, for service users” opens in Bedford

A new crisis house, designed with input from people with lived experience of mental ill health, has opened in Bedford. The new service at... View article...

A university is combating its mental health crisis by dropping first-semester grades

University officials state the initiative aims to address mental health challenges and ease the academic transition to college, following similar ... View article...

Students from 'low participation' areas have worse mental health than their peers

TASO and the Policy Institute at King's College London published a new report highlighting student mental health disparities linked to regional ... View article...

Third of women unaware of perimenopause mental health impact

A third of women surveyed did not know perimenopause could affect mental health, with many experiencing symptoms for months before recognising ... View article...

Brighton gay bar announces 2026 closure: 'We are absolutely devastated'

R-Bar, a popular gay bar along the Brighton seafront, has announced that it will close in September due to increasing financial pressures. View article...

Conversion therapy fears are distorted and planned laws could harm parents

The activist organisation LGBT Health and Wellbeing was at the centre of a recent row after The Times revealed it has been using public money to ... View article...

Government-funded Scottish 'conversion therapy' helpline only took four calls in 3 months

LGBT Health and Wellbeing was awarded a number of government grants to operate the service, totalling £227,386 in two years. It also received ... View article...

Wes Streeting addresses 'unbelievable volume' of homophobic abuse in new defence secretary role

The MoD has said it “deeply regrets” the treatment of former queer service members and created the LGBT Financial Recognition Scheme for those ... View article...

California wants to ban AI therapists as thousands turn to chatbots for mental healthcare

“There are few standardized benchmarks for evaluating mental health advice offered by AI chatbots, and there is limited transparency about the ... View article...

54% of young adults 'say finances have recently affected mental health'

More than half (54%) of 18 to 34-year-olds feel their financial situation has negatively affected their mental health over the past year, ... View article...

Government's Manchester led mental health digital innovation scheme launches

MHDI brings together people with lived experience of mental health problems, clinicians, industry partners, innovators, researchers and investors to ... View article...

Two-thirds of NHS mental health services plan cuts

Two-thirds of NHS mental health services plan cuts, with staff reductions and frozen vacancies likely, warns NHS Alliance survey. View article...