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Mum and two sons found dead in field after wandering in freezing conditions for days

Monica Latrice Cannady, 35, and her two children Malik Milton, 3, and Kyle Milton, 9 were walking the cold streets of Pontiac, Michigan, in the US, for nearly three days

Daily Mirror

Spate of natural disasters takes a toll on Australians’ mental health, survey finds

Climate-induced extreme weather has damaged people and communities as much as buildings and land, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

Natural disasters are taking a rising toll on the mental health of Australians

Frequent and intense natural disasters profoundly impact the mental health of Australians, according to a new poll.

The New Daily

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Commentary: A federal ban on so-called conversion therapy is past due

Despite overwhelming medical evidence that so-called conversion therapy is nothing more than the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity through psychological or spiritual interventions, it remains legal to perform on minors in half the states in America.

Chicago Tribune

Early signs of depression in children as those at clear risk unable to get bed in mental health unit

A report said A&E departments have become an ‘accidental hub’ for children and young people in crisis.

Evening Standard

The ‘first first responder’: Mental health clinicians are now taking some of Baltimore County’s 911 calls

BALTIMORE -- Around 8:30 p.m. one Thursday last fall, a phone rang.

Tribune News Service

Heartbroken family pay tribute to young Sunderland dad after he takes his own life, aged 19

Travis Brash was sadly found dead at his home in Sunderland on January 6 this year

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Children in England at clear risk ‘cannot get mental health bed’

Report says young person has to have attempted suicide multiple times to be offered inpatient support

The Guardian - UK

‘Young people having a mental health crisis are just dismissed’

A mother recounts how she took her son to hospital only to be told no bed was available in a specialist unit

The Guardian - UK

WA nurse charged, sex crimes against teen

An ex-Western Australian mental health nurse has been charged with "predatory" sex crimes against a teenage girl, who was allegedly in his care at the time.

AAP

University of Illinois at Chicago faculty on strike over higher compensation and student mental health services

CHICAGO — After nine months of contract negotiations, members of the union representing University of Illinois at Chicago faculty had not hit a deal with the administration and instead moved to their first day of a strike Tuesday afternoon.

Chicago Tribune

Ex-AFL players heading to Mount Gambier for mental health health awareness match

Dane Swan, Shane Mumford, Leon Davis, Jordan Murdoch and Winis Imbi will take to the field in Mount Gambier next month, in a star-studded match to help get men talking about mental health issues.

ABC News

A mother in a mental health crisis and her children froze to death in a field. Could it have been prevented?

Deaths have been ruled accidental

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland mum on struggling to make ends meet as unpaid carer

“Parent carers like me have been living in poverty with our children for decades in Northern Ireland”

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Striking UIC faculty pickets, rallies with local, national leaders: ‘Without you, this place would not run’

The union is demanding higher minimum salaries, bigger pay raises that match inflation, mental health support for students, better job security for non-tenure track faculty, learning disability assessments for students and more.

The Canberra Times

Voice to Parliament debate likely to increase psychological distress

Experts say it is "a given" that there will be an increase in psychological distress to Indigenous people from the Voice to Parliament debate.

Zenger

Strong Social Connections Can Improve Physical And Mental Health Amongst Peers

The study used data from more than 13,000 people in 122 countries & strong social connections can improve physical & mental health

The Conversation

Parents in the US had alarmingly high rates of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic – and that has a direct effect on kids

It’s no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the mental health of kids and parents alike.

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Living with Children: More sleep a potential solution for separation issues

Regular readers of this column are no doubt familiar with my imaginary friend, The Doctor. I often call upon him to solve behavior problems of various sorts concerning young children. Well, The Doctor has done it again! This time with what many mental health professionals would call separation anxiety.

The Guardian - UK

‘Patients were chained to walls and beds’: Freetown’s psychiatric hospital released from the past

The Sierra Leone capital’s colonial-era asylum has modernised, offering psychotherapy, yoga and basketball as well as drugs – and has thrown away its shackles

The Guardian - UK

Visiting green spaces deters mental health drug use, researchers find

Positive effects were stronger among those reporting the lowest annual household income, says Finnish study

ABC News

Lifeline mental health and wellbeing program to expand beyond Broken Hill

A wellbeing program started by Lifeline for local AFL clubs will be brought to new areas this year after receiving close to $300,000 in state government funding.

Daily Record

"Heartbreaking" death toll of homeless Scots in Glasgow reaches 160 sparking demands for nationwide probe

The death toll of homeless Scots living in temporary accommodation in the city over the last five years was branded 'heartbreaking'.

Wales Online

Antidepressant warning for people wanting to come off medication

A gradual reduction of the medicine would cut the severity of withdrawal symptoms

The Independent UK

People cutting back on seeing friends and hobbies due to money fears – research

Money worries are stopping people from engaging in some of the activities known to help protect mental health, a survey suggests.

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