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Editorial: National call system for mental health crises is having its own crisis

The newly established 988 national hotline, a 911-style emergency call system for people contemplating suicide or other mental health crises, has hit a pretty major acceptance snag. The system is barely a month old, yet there’s already a movement afoot to boycott it. Some users say it can make existing…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Scottish Government faces calls to tackle student mental health ‘crisis’

With almost 2000 students on waiting lists for counselling, the Scottish Government has faced calls to overhaul university mental health services

The National (Scotland)

Two-thirds of Londoners ‘struggled with mental health this year’

A new survey by Hestia found that 68% of respondents had experienced poor mental health symptoms this year

Evening Standard

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Tragic man hit by taxi outside hospital had been 'dismissed' by mental health team despite suicide attempt minutes earlier, inquest hears

Daniel Kirton was 'kind, compassionate and would help out anyone', according to his family

Manchester Evening News

Professor flexibility, recorded lectures: Some positive university legacies of the pandemic

The COVID-19 closure of university and college campuses and move to online learning in March 2020 was a massive global educational experiment. Many students were severely disadvantaged and strained during the experiment, others coped and some thrived. Educators are divided on its impacts.

The Conversation

Ryan McMullan makes "incredibly difficult" decision to postpone album release

The news comes after he cancelled his Redesign tour to focus on his mental health

Belfast Live

James Haskell's mental health journey and why Eddie Jones is the right man for England

Former England rugby star James Haskell details his experiences with mental health, Eddie Jones' never-ending fight for approval and a special summer for women's sport

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Cost-of-living crisis is seeing huge increase in need for mental health crisis support - charity warns 1 in 3 coming forward blame finances

Charity Mental Health Concern has reported worrying rises in the number of people in our region who have needed crisis support - especially due to the rising cost of living.

Chronicle Live

The people making a difference: the man who set up a mental health walking group for ‘blokes’

After bottling up his own anxieties for a decade, Scott Oughton-Johnson created a group for other men who’ve felt the same. Now it’s his turn to be treated

The Guardian - UK

The struggle of fatherhood is real - so why are new dads often invisible in NHS advice?

We hear so little about the impact pregnancy and birth can have on men, says Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Guardian - UK

Keep an eye on your student's mental health this back-to-school season

From kindergartners to college students, what should parents be doing to monitor their child's mental health?

WEKU

A new start after 60: ‘I became an adventure cyclist at 65 – and rode from Mongolia to Scotland’

Within months of retiring as a mental health nurse, Len Collingwood began a 13,000km solo cycle ride. But that wasn’t the feat that got him into Guinness World Records …

The Guardian - UK

GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in bid to ease burden on NHS

Suggestion of activities to help improve mental and physical health part of wider movement of ‘social prescribing’

The Guardian - UK

Pinnaroo gets arty and out of their comfort zones to improve mental health

Knowing rural areas have higher rates of depression, the community of Pinnaroo decided it was time to explore ways to improve residents' mental health. Here's what they have learnt so far.

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ISIS Beatle tries to avoid Alcatraz-style prison by claiming he has poor mental health

ISIS executioner El Shafee Elsheikh has been sentenced to eight life terms and is almost certain to serve them alongside some of the world's most deadly inmates at a supermax jail.

Daily Mirror

'Lonely children more likely to be depressed adults - it's about time they got help'

A study has found socially isolated children are more likely to experience a range of difficulties in adulthood - help for young people is overdue, says Dr Miriam Stoppard.

Manchester Evening News

Amazon apologise after iconic Ian Curtis mural painted over to promote new Aitch album

"Our apologies to all who are justifiably upset"

The Guardian - UK

Police call monitoring could deny help to people in mental health crisis

Emergency services use SIM programme that embeds officers in clinical teams to manage patients who make repeat calls

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Queensland youth gender services seeing twice as many patients as two years ago

Youth gender services in Queensland are seeing twice as many patients as they were two years ago. Doctors say it is an essential service that is "not taken lightly".

Salon

How to respond to a mental health crisis

Experts and psychologists weigh in on what to do if you see someone struggling in public

AAP

Tasmanian mother's suicide 'avoidable'

A coroner found the woman's death came after a substandard assessment of her risk after a previous suicide attempt days earlier.

Chicago Sun-Times

After Highland Park parade mass shooting, schools prepare for traumatized kids

“Nobody’s had experience with this,” said Marty Esgar, a Deerfield High School teacher. “We don’t know how many of our students are going to come with levels of trauma.”

Belfast Live

'Abuse and trauma in childhood is leading to addiction and mental health crisis among care leavers'

A care leaver has spoken about his experiences in the care system as a child

The Conversation

How drama can help open up conversations on suicide for young people in post-pandemic times

Suicide is the second highest cause of death in 15-to-29-year-olds around the world, according to UK charity Young Minds, an organisation set up to help children and young people with mental health issues.

Daily Mirror

Pet Club: Special dog brings smiles to hospital patients in mental health unit

This week on the Mirror's Pet Club, we're shining a light on shih tzi Minnie who makes a huge difference to mental health patients, Dr Rachel Casey answers your big puppy problem and Hope the kitten looks for a forever home

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