Category: Mental Health
In this candid extract from her new memoir, actor Tuppence Middleton describes her lifelong battle with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and asks for those with the condition to be treated with more sympathy My mind is full of scorpions. Devious, nimble little beasts that have occupied my head for the best part of 30 years. A cerebral […]
Not lighthearted craziness, or a comic disorder of the mind: what it’s like living with OCD The Guardian
A special local authority subcommittee focused on issues relating to mental illness is being set up here in response to recent violent incidents — including one murder — said to have involved …
Other services are increasingly telling clients that their local library can help them, and staff there are coming under pressure Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Lizzie Flaherty works in a library, but she’s not a librarian. Flaherty has an unusual role: […]
‘The View’ Host Says Kanye West’s Mental Health Isn’t An Excuse For Antisemitism Yahoo News UK
Most people with small children are worn out – but for some, the pressure of striving to be perfect parents can drive them to the edge ‘I cried like someone had died,” Rachel Stern says of the day things unravelled at home. “I thought: ‘I can’t do this any more.’ I didn’t want to spend time […]
Mentally ill man runs amok in Sungai Petani, four policemen injured The Vibes
TV soap EastEnders is set to air a storyline where character Phil Mitchell experiences depression with psychotic symptoms, with input from Rethink Mental Illness and other charities.
Odessa Carey has been held at a secure hospital since she killed her mother and decapitated her body in Ashington, Northumberland …
Hit drama The Years has seen audience members fainting hysterically. Perhaps if we dispensed with the red flags, people would enjoy this fine play more If your Valentine disappointed you this weekend, spare a thought for the protagonist of The Years, the explosive West End play based on the writings of the French novelist and Nobel laureate […]