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Mental Health Awareness Week was touched by a special feature this year. A Bermudian woman, who is living in the UK studying for a degree, posted a personal account of growing up with a father plagued by mental illness. The response generated was ove...

The Island’s mentally challenged have all the space they need under the Government’s adult new day programme, according to the official in charge of the Orange Valley Centre. Ten years ago, the centre was temporarily placed in its own wing of the Mid...

Government is still moving forward with plans to launch a mental health court, but issues must be addressed before the court has its first session. A spokesman for the Ministry of Legal Affairs said suitable facilities must be secured and legislation...

A special court aimed at improving the way criminals with mental health problems are dealt with “will be up and running in a matter of weeks”. The court will be implemented as a pilot programme with legislation establishing it as permanent practice t...

Hospital chiefs insist they are working to improve the care and conditions of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s and dementia after visiting experts criticised standards at King Edward VII Memorial. Yesterday The Royal Gazette revealed that a team f...

One morning dementia caregiver Sarah Mould was quickly trying to get a client ready for the day. Suddenly, the cap to a bottle of talcum powder came off, and there was powder everywhere. It sifted down on them like snow. The client, who normally didn...

More than 100 people have been admitted to the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute for depression in the last five years. With the number expected to increase, the institution yesterday announced it would begin training as part of a mental health first a...

When Selina Edwards was 26 weeks pregnant she started to suspect something was wrong when doctors wanted to try amniocentesis for the fourth time. Amniocentesis is a painful procedure where a needle is inserted into a pregnant woman’s abdomen to coll...