‘Major failings’ revealed in Sydney mass stabber’s mental health care
The psychiatrist of a man who went on a shopping mall stabbing rampage in Sydney has been criticised…
China probes mental hospitals over reports patients are being locked up in insurance scam
China’s top medical watchdog has ordered a nationwide review of the country’s psychiatric institutes following media reports that…
Asking Eric: Concern for friend’s mental health leads to blocking her online
Dear Eric: I’m a 73-year-old female who happily maintained a friendship I made my freshman year in college.…
Mental illness and emails dominate testimony at Joyner vs. Mayo Clinic trial – Post Bulletin
ROCHESTER — During the third day of a civil trial between Dr. Michael Joyner and Mayo Clinic, the…
Considering relocation? It can affect your sex life
Shai Spitzen, 40, is a clinical social worker, founder of the Center for Alternative Sexuality, and a sex…
My psychosis got so bad I started thinking I was a God
After the mania came the madness (Picture: Cal Speet) When the medical team collected me from my mother’s house in…
‘Mobile crisis’ for mental health emergencies is starved for funds : NPR
Therapist Luke Forney (left) and responder Evan Thiessen drive to a home in Bozeman, Mont. after receiving a…
Mental health chat encouraged at Wolverhampton coffee mornings
People are being encouraged to open up about their mental health at events as part of Time to…
Cambridgeshire’s mental health podcast hopes to beat stigma
The first podcast features Gary Clarke, a former prison officer and mental health advocate, and Allan Hughes, CPSL…
How Two Teens in Niagara Falls Are Confronting Pollution and a Mental Health Crisis
Julissa Hernandez was at work when she saw the news, in 2024, that a young mother, Chianti Means,…
San Diego psychiatric hospitals have more time to meet new state staffing rules
California health officials have delayed new emergency staffing rules for acute psychiatric hospitals, pushing the start date from…
WHO calls for mental health to be central to neglected tropical disease care
A major new World Health Organization publication sets out, for the first time, a practical, evidence-based package of care to…