A groundbreaking Bill that would give mental health patients more control over their treatment is edging closer to becoming law. The landmark Mental Health Bill seeks to amend the 1983 Act, which laid ...

A Bill that will give mental health patients a greater say over their case and treatment is one step closer to becoming law. The landmark Mental Health Bill amends a 1983 Act that set out the legal ...

A woman has been sectioned under the mental health act after allegedly lunging at a woman leaving a mosque with a pair of scissors in Liverpool. Police responded to reports that a 44-year-old was ...

A woman arrested after two children were found dead has been detained under the Mental Health Act. The 43-year-old from the Stafford area was held on suspicion of murder after two-year-old Meraj Ul ...

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Today is World Mental Health Day (October 10). Mind, the mental health charity, says it's important to focus on mental health every day because of its profound impact on us. Someone who strongly ...

A woman arrested on suspicion of murdering two children has been detained under the Mental Health Act. The decision was made today following assessments by medical professionals. It comes as ...

A woman who was arrested on suspicion of murdering two children, aged two and three, has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Meraj Ul Zahra, two, and Abdul Momin Alfaateh, three, died after ...

Stormont's mental health strategy being scaled back due to lack of funds is "absolutely devastating", Northern Ireland's mental health champion has said. Prof Siobhan O'Neill said the news was ...