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Higher levels of poor mental health in England could be linked to worries about money and academic achievement, findings suggestUniversity students are more at risk of depression and anxiety than their peers who go straight into work, according to a st…
Coalition of experts publish action points including tackling inequality, poor housing and child povertyMinisters must tackle poverty, poor housing and air pollution to improve England’s worsening mental health, a coalition of charities, thinktanks and…
Thinktank Create Streets calls for people to be allowed to grow plants and trees in barren urban areasA right to plant and grow trees and other greenery in public spaces should be given to people across Britain, an adviser to Michael Gove has said.Nich…
Exclusive: Fears findings will represent only white population if too few people of colour take partA major study into the effects of cannabis on the human brain is at risk of being partially thwarted because too few black users have agreed to take par…
Mental health issues and lack of faith in government support are driving desire to change statusMental distress and financial insecurity has pushed 40% of self-employed workers to say they would switch to a salaried job if they could secure the same in…
First comparative research of its kind finds those with lots of social interaction and supportive family coped betterSecondary school pupils in the UK experienced significantly higher rates of depression, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties,…
Royal Darwin hospital concedes patient’s death ‘avoidable’ as coronial inquest hears of difficulties in caring for mental health patients in general wardsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, f…
Exclusive: Force considering alternatives to Pacer program that has seen 48% reduction in people detained by police under Mental Health ActFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or dail…
State’s human rights commission says practice ineffective in making prisons safer and calls for use to be limited and eventually abolishedGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWomen in Queensland prisons are avoiding …
‘It’s not my fight, it is everyone’s fight and everyone has to work together so this doesn’t happen again’, says Judy DeaconGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastJudy Deacon didn’t shut herself away after her son, Jes…