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Mental health deaths in Essex significantly in excess of 2,000, inquiry hears

'It was a cull of the most needy'

'I believe it's a cull'

'Not just looking at negligence': Deaths of 2,000 mental health patients to be investigated

'Please fight for mental health'

Change could take years and will need 'huge investment' despite 'long overdue' autism and learning disability pledge

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Electric headset for depression recommended after NHS trial

Forest bathers extol benefits of ecotherapy amid mental health crisis

Extent of potential withdrawal symptoms from antidepressants revealed by study

Former army major Sally Orange to run Everest Marathon dressed as lemon

'I have no idea why he isn't here'

'I have no idea why': Mum whose son took own life wants access to his browsing history

Roman Kemp shares antidepressants low sex drive switch

Mother calls for inquiry into son's death

Mother of trans boy who died in mental health unit calls for public inquiry

Magic mushrooms effective for treating depression - study

What do Tories and Labour say about benefits?

Starmer promises mental health reforms as he welcomes Tory defector

William reveals Charlotte's favourite 'dad joke'

It's official - the more you hug, the better your health

Dogs can tell if someone's stressed based on breath

Children mental health crisis

Turning to non-clinical solutions to help prevent kids reaching crisis point

Britain falls in world happiness rankings - with young people more miserable than older generations

What is birth trauma?

Warning symptoms of mental illness in later life being dismissed as 'just your age'

Ultra-processed foods linked to 32 physical and mental health problems, review finds

Young people more likely to be off work sick than those in their 40s

NHS psychiatric care 'collapsing'

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Psychiatric care 'collapsing' amid 'unsafe' mixed wards, bed shortages and poor safeguarding

Exercise even better than drugs at treating depression, study finds

Loneliness declared a public health emergency in Silicon Valley

I felt 'like I wasn't supposed to be alive'

Inside 'mental health bank' helping children in 'crisis'

Prison mental health warning

Woman who thought she was poisoned by takeaway tapeworm eggs describes prison life horror

Sex assault claims to be part of mental health care review after Sky investigation

'I said no but he did it anyway': Mental health patient sexually assaulted in NHS hospital

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Mental health patients 'raped'

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Mental health patients 'raped and sexually assaulted' while being treated by NHS as 'national scandal' revealed

'Missed chances' to stop killer

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Nottingham attacks: Why so many missed chances to stop Valdo Calocane?

Schoolboys made fun of girl online before her death, inquest hears