Mental health

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One-to-one support reduces avoidable A&E visits
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England
Posted
31 January
A Point of View. The Overwhelm. Audio, 9 minutes
AL Kennedy reflects on chaos, noise and 'the overwhelm'.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Staff seen dragging children in hospital - report
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Coventry & Warwickshire
Posted
30 January
Ex-dancer settles with Royal Ballet School over 'body-shaming'
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London
Posted
30 January
Residents' fears of bleak future with council cuts
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
29 January
'I'd rather die than fight this' - a Covid survivor remembers
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England
Posted
29 January
Man walking 1,400 miles with fridge on his back
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Tees
Posted
29 January
'I was diagnosed with dementia in my 40s'
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Northern Ireland
Posted
29 January
Eating disorder patients left in 'dangerous' state
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Health
Posted
28 January
Personality disorder diagnosis 'turned my life upside down'
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Wales
Posted
28 January
'Talking therapy for my OCD saved my life'
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South Yorkshire
Posted
28 January
'Grief is not like you read about in textbooks'
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Bristol
Posted
28 January
'Sewing helps me focus on the present'
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England
Posted
28 January
'Medics told me I had no reason to be suicidal' Video, 00:01:10
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Wales
Posted
28 January
GPs asked to identify potential gambling addicts
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Health
Posted
28 January
Role will 'accelerate' mental health research
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Cambridgeshire
Posted
27 January
'I spent 30 years searching for secret to happiness - the answer isn't what I thought'
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BBC InDepth
Posted
26 January
BBC editor told my wife to have a whiskey for depression - Nesbitt
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Northern Ireland
Posted
26 January
Reporter Reads. 'I spent 30 years searching for the secret to happiness' Audio, 13 minutes
The BBC's Fergal Keane on living with PTSD, depression and searching for balance in life.
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BBC News
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Group hails social benefits of Scottish dancing
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
25 January
The gym where men can unload emotional weights
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Hereford & Worcester
Posted
25 January
AntiSocial. Mental health and race. Audio, 54 minutes
Racism and mental health, safe spaces for ethnic minorities and addressing whiteness.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Mental health waiting lists 'grow considerably'
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England
Posted
23 January
Carers' despair at 'catastrophic' cuts to support
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Somerset
Posted
23 January