Suicide rates for middle-aged men in mental health care up 73%, Man Uni study reveals
More than a thousand men in the care of mental health services are committing suicide every year, a report by The University of Manchester reveals.
Mental health problems for call centre staff a bigger and bigger issue, says Manchester union representative
The mental health problems for call centre employees is becoming a ‘bigger and bigger issue’, a senior Manchester union representative has warned.
More Greater Mancheseter young people in hospital after self-harm than in rest of UK
Self-harm is putting significantly more young people in hospital in Greater Manchester than in the rest of the country, new figures reveal.
‘Power of the mind’: Charity runner gives purpose to 69-mile super marathon
Amateur athlete Laura Nuttall does the ‘inhuman’ as she faces the UK’s largest non-stop ultra-marathon this Saturday – running 69 miles in just 24 hours for charity Manchester Mind.
‘Deliberately humiliating’: Manchester users’ group hits out at mental health trust
A mental health advocacy group has accused Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust of ‘harassing’ its members in an attempt to ‘cut off an avenue for mental health patients and campaigners’.
Research into schizophrenia could be ‘truly remarkable’ but only if treatment is found, Manchester expert says
A Manchester expert has claimed that more research needs to be done into finding treatments for schizophrenia that don’t add to the likelihood of sufferers dying prematurely.
Breathe, stretch, shake, let it go: OM Yoga event extends healing hand over Trafford
Imagine the scent of herbal tea brewing, pungent bath salts and homemade soap, new age music and eco-friendly clothing.
‘Find £8bn a year for NHS or a deal is off’: Clegg gives rivals ultimatum on Chorlton visit
The announcement joins three other ‘red line’ policies which the party says will be non-negotiable conditions in any coalition deal, just before a possible hung parliament next week.
Mancunian matters of the heart: I cry at night because I’m so lonely but he’s right there next to me…
This week, MM’s very own agony aunt hears from someone who feels so lonely even though her partner is right there.
‘I befriended depression to survive’: Author Matt Haig on creativity and mental health
Ahead of a talk tonight about the relationship between creativity and mental health, MM caught up with author Matt Haig on how he befriended depression to defeat it.
Man Uni student suffering from schizophrenia faces daily battle with ‘evil voices’
His diagnosis followed a ‘scary, unpredictable and life–changing’ experience which doctors put down to his drink being spiked with a potentially lethal combination of drugs.