Category: Mental Health
This diagnosis is a label given to survivors of abuse and should not be used with children, writes Keir Harding. Plus a parent writes of how medical professionals abandoned their son Scout Tzofiya Bolton painfully illustrates the neglect and brutality that can arise once mental health difficulties are understood as a “disordered personality” (Nobody could help […]
Relatives say Marcus Meade’s mental health deteriorated before standoff and call for ‘full accountability’ The family of Marcus Meade, who was shot and killed by police on Christmas Eve while thought to be having a mental health crisis, have said officers showed “no mercy for him”, as they called for “full accountability” of those involved. […]
‘We Have Seen a Lot More Hate’: Trans People Are Already Terrified WIRED
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‘Do I need to lead this lifestyle to succeed?’ The mental health crises that forced faculty members to change tack Nature.com
Who do Britons hold responsible for the Southport attack? YouGov
Child Attacked with Rock in Fes, Highlighting Growing Concern Over Mentally Ill Individuals in Public Spaces FESNEWS MEDIA فاس نيوز ميديا
The stress of seeing the destruction of their homeland sent rates of mental illness soaring in Jordan’s Jerash camp – and the ceasefire has brought scant relief Photographs by Alaa Atwah Among the hills of northern Jordan, three miles west of the Roman ruins of Jerash, a sprawling settlement is home to more than 40,000 […]
Study of GP records finds prevalence rose from one in 60,000 in 2011 to one in 1,200 in 2021 – but numbers still low overall The number of children and young people in England with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria recorded by a GP has risen fiftyfold over 10 years, researchers have found, though numbers […]
Law would expand compulsory treatment for mentally ill defendants KUNM