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Tory scum. Well ask whether this kind of regular abuse mps receive will end up driving some of them out of politics altogether. Plus, up to 60 reports of murder and thoughts of killing associated with antidepressants have been received by the uk Medicines Regulator in the last three decades. I believe if he hadnt taken the sertraline he wouldnt have murdered anyone. Well look at what that means. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Throughout the programme, well bring you the lat...

Good morning, this is bbc news at 11. The Prime Minister is set to announce more training and resources for schools and companies in england to deal with what she calls the Hidden Injustice of Mental Illness. In a speech in Central London shortly, theresa may will order a review of Mental Health services and outline her plan to create a Shared Society. But her announcement has been called puny by some. Norman smith is outside the speech venue in Central London. An interesting and obviously very ...

As an MP and psychiatrist, I see the burden that a service near breaking point takes on patients, their families and healthcare colleagues, writes Dan Poulter

With a huge rise in people seeking diagnoses, fuelled by social media and other internet platforms, we talk to experts about the phenomenon

ADHD and autism referrals have risen fivefold since the pandemic amid fears that doctors could be over diagnosing the conditions.

After decades of mental illness being shrouded in secrecy and shame, ignored, ridiculed or feared, there has been something of a revolution in the past couple of years.

The notion that this illness is psychosomatic is having devastating effects, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

In England, being poor or being from a minoritised ethnic community means you are more likely to have a mental health problem, more likely to go into crisis and therefore more likely to be detained under the Mental Helath Act.

The stiff upper lip is not what it used to be. In 1920, the average Briton’s emotional stoicism was so famed that, when Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak – admiral, polar explorer and, since 1918, supreme ruler of Russia – was captured by revolutionaries, the official account of his execution approvingly noted that he died “like an Englishman”.

DR MAX PEMBERTON says theres a growing tendency to see a bad memory as trauma - following claims Amanda Abbington has PTSD after her time on Strictly Come Dancing.