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Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · May 18, 2024

How do you recognise if someone has a mental health issue, and what can you do about it?

At any one time, one in six of us in the UK experiences ... someone has a mental health problem – and what can you do to support them? Some signs that someone might be at risk include: Being ...
Icon for pharmaphorum.compharmaphorum · Mar 31, 2021

Psyomics pilots digital mental health assessment Censeo

UK healthtech firm Psyomics has begun pilots of its mental health assessment platform Censeo in two London GP practices, gathering real-world data and feedback before commercial launch later this ...
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Jun 8, 2022

How does the UK care for refugees’ mental health?

Dr Arian says when he arrived in the UK, he had all the symptoms of PTSD, but wasn’t given “proper assessment” for his mental health and didn’t realise his experiences were unusual so didn ...
Icon for www.discovermagazine.comDiscover Magazine · 4d

Around 25 Percent of Your Mental Health Risk Is Tied to Your Personality

In fact, a new study suggests that the two spheres are closely tied, with around a fourth of people’s risk of mental health conditions, including their risk of depression, anxiety, and phobias, being attributable to their personality traits. Published in ...
Icon for www.alzheimers.org.ukAlzheimer's Society · Feb 12, 2025

Sections of the Mental Health Act for people with dementia

This would be on a mental health ward in a hospital or in a specialist mental health hospital. This is where the term ‘sectioned’ comes from. Although this term is commonly used, it is not used in the Act. Section 2 – detention for assessment in ...
Icon for www.hrdive.comHR Dive · 23d

Personality and mental health assessments can make high-risk workplaces safer and more productive. Here’s how.

That’s especially true in high-risk industries ... One answer is to use personality and mental health assessments to identify the best candidates for the job, as well as to provide continuous ...
Cover Magazine · 12d

Bupa to open 70 UK mental health centres

Provider, Bupa, is launching 70 mental health centres, called mindplace, across the UK, of which 20 are set to open in 2025.
Icon for www.mirror.co.ukThe Mirror · 19d

'High risk' man who poses threat to public found after Met Police launch manhunt

Police have located a “high-risk” man who absconded from a mental health facility and was believed to pose a risk to the public. Metropolitan Police officers have launched a manhunt for Vasile ...
Icon for www.independent.co.ukThe Independent · 28d

Invest in childhood ‘or risk losing a generation to poor mental health’

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
BBC · 29d

Extremist set to return home despite risk warnings

A man who plotted to set up an extremist training camp will be allowed to move home after his release from prison - despite experts concluding he "remains a risk to national security". Haroon Aswat, from Batley, West Yorkshire, was jailed for 20 years in 2015 after he admitted conspiring to set up the camp in the US state of Oregon.
Icon for www.thesun.co.ukThe Sun · 20d

Man, 36, who escaped from hospital and ‘posed risk to public’ is found after urgent police hunt

A Met Police spokesperson said: "Officers are urgently appealing for the public’s help to locate a man who has absconded from a mental health facility and is believed to pose a risk to the public.
Icon for www.lse.ac.uklse · Apr 5, 2022

DIORA: Dynamic Interplay of Online Risk and Resilience in Adolescence

Research highlights adolescent digital engagement either as a mental health risk or as a source of support or resilience ... observational study of mid-adolescent development with three assessment points: baseline (T1), 6 (T2), and 12 (T3) months.
Icon for www.bbc.comBBC · 28d

Mental health acute wards need improvement - CQC

An NHS trust has been told it needs to improve a mental health hospital's acute wards ... to manage medicines and people's care plans and risk assessments lacked detail," added Ms Coleman.
Icon for www.getsurrey.co.ukGet Surrey · 5d

Dementia risk can be reduced by eating portion of this fish just twice a week

Although, alongside that, is one in six people in England experiencing a common mental health problem in any given ... show eating fish may reduce the risk of developing dementia when paired ...
Lancashire Evening Post on MSN.com · 11d

Businesses need to get pro-active about mental health says Lancashire football star Clarke Carlisle

A former Premiere League footballer from Lancashire has urged businesses to get proactive about the mental health of their employees – rather than waiting for something to go wrong before they act.
Icon for www.dailymail.co.ukDaily Mail · 24d

Adding salt to food can increase risk of depression and anxiety by more than 40 per cent, study finds

Suggestions for why it could have such an effect range from salt accelerating biological ageing and raising the risk of mental health problems, to it affecting the mood hormones serotonin and ...
cbc.ca on MSN.com · 6d

B.C. premier announces review of mental health legislation in wake of Vancouver festival tragedy

In the wake of the Vancouver festival tragedy that left 11 dead, several injured, and people around the world grieving, B.C.'s premier said there will be a review of the province's mental health legislation ... adamant that a risk assessment was done ...