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University of Cumbria to study restrictive eating disorder care
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (425+ words) The use of restraints and feeding by tubes in NHS eating disorder care is to be studied, with the aim of reducing restrictive practices. The University of Cumbria said the "1.1m project would see it work with researchers, clinicians, young people…...
Moves to investigate the legalisation of cannabis in Guernsey
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (616+ words) A deputy has proposed the States investigates the legalisation of cannabis in Guernsey. The requ'te led by Committee for Home Affairs President Marc Leadbeater is to create a new cross-committee working group to look at the regulation of the drug....
Ketamine left me incontinent, says Gwynedd man who became addicted
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (1011+ words) On a holiday partying in Ibiza, Wesley Lloyd-Roberts really got into ketamine - with an addiction to the Class B drug eventually leaving him incontinent. But the issue wasn't so much its availability on the white isle, but when he got…...
Wolverhampton psychiatrist named among world's top scientists
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (315+ words) A psychiatrist from the West Midlands has been recognised as one of the world's most influential scientific researchers. Professor Nilamadhab Kar, a consultant psychiatrist at Penn Hospital and honorary professor at the University of Wolverhampton, has been named in the…...
First league table of antidepressant side effects
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (802+ words) Side effects of different antidepressants have been ranked for the first time, revealing huge differences between drugs. Academics looked at the impact medications had on patients in the first eight weeks after starting treatment, with some causing patients to gain…...
'I have PTSD from Year 6 in primary school’
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (34+ words) Katie Nellist, who has autism and struggled to attend school, says the government needs to engage with young people over the future of the system. 'I have PTSD from Year 6 in primary school'...
Bibby Stockholm death: Leonard Farruku had mental health 'struggles'
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (502+ words) The family of an Albanian man who died on board the Bibby Stockholm have questioned how someone with his mental health issues could have been housed on the barge. Leonard Farruku, 27, was found unresponsive in a shower cubicle on board…...
Working with bipolar: 'We're ignored, criticised, and sacked'
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (819+ words) When Caroline asked her boss why she was passed over for promotion, the response was "we just don't want to stress you out with your bipolar and everything". It is one of a number of stories bipolar patients told BBC…...
Mental health waiting lists: Amy has complex PTSD but has seen a psychiatrist once in 10 years
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (1153+ words) As a child, Amy was often violently attacked. At 15, she was threatened with a knife. Now diagnosed with complex PTSD, she's spent over a decade isolated at home with her mum, desperately seeking help. She has seen a psychiatrist only…...
Music meets nature in Surrey care home study
8+ mon, 10+ hour ago (347+ words) A care home has appointed a 'Musician-in-Residence' in a pioneering study exploring how outdoor music-making can benefit older people and those with dementia. Residents at the Huntington & Langham Estate in Hindhead, Surrey, enjoy outdoor activities from music scholar Stuart Wood…...