Teen mental health – when to seek help and what parents can do themselves

Teen mental health – when to seek help and what parents can do themselves

Getty Images Lucy says she’s always been a bit of worrier, but two years ago she began to get anxious and started having panic attacks. “I didn’t know what was happening and my parents didn’t either,” says the 15-year-old. “It was scary. The attacks would occur without warning. It got worse and I began to … Read more

Minister starting to take women’s health seriously – Scrutiny

Minister starting to take women’s health seriously – Scrutiny

Ammar Ebrahim BBC Jersey political reporter BBC Health Minister Tom Binet faced questions from a scrutiny panel Jersey’s health minister is “finally understanding the issues facing women’s health”, the head of Jersey’s Health and Social Scrutiny Panel says. Deputy Louise Doublet made the comments after a public hearing where Tom Binet faced questions from a … Read more

Essex mental health failures in death of Southminster teen

Essex mental health failures in death of Southminster teen

Nikki Fox BBC health correspondent, Essex Family handout Elise Sebastian had physical health problems, including a curvature of the spine, which caused her mental health to suffer A mental health trust has admitted its failure in the care of a 16-year-old inpatient led to her death. Elise Sebastian, a Harry Potter fan and music lover, … Read more

Essex mental health inquiry chair vows to ‘seek out’ truth

Essex mental health inquiry chair vows to ‘seek out’ truth

Nikki Fox Health correspondent, BBC East Lewis Adams BBC News, Essex PA Media Baroness Lampard is leading the inquiry The chair of England’s first public inquiry into mental health deaths vowed to “seek out the truth” – despite difficulties getting documents from the NHS. The first key evidence sessions in the Lampard Inquiry – examining … Read more

Union Minister Kishan Reddy unveils book authored by State Health Minister Satya Kumar

Union Minister Kishan Reddy unveils book authored by State Health Minister Satya Kumar

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar and TDP State president Palla Srinivasa Rao releasing the book authored by Health Minister Y. Satya Kumar, in Vijayawada on Sunday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO While it is easier for political analysts, experts, journalists to write detailed articles in the Editorial pages every week, it … Read more

Mental health services for the injured and their families who have returned from Pahalgam

Mental health services for the injured and their families who have returned from Pahalgam

A file photo of Nair Hospital. | Photo Credit: The Hindu After over 500 tourists from Maharashtra returned home from Srinagar, the Maharashtra Government has announced support for mental health. Civic-run hospitals in Mumbai will now provide mental health support to the injured and their family members who have returned from Pahalgam. In the aftermath … Read more