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Mental Health Court will be fully operational by the end of 2014, according to a report by the Bermuda Judiciary. Attorney General Mark Pettingill promised last May the court would begin operation in a matter of weeks, but Government later said suita...

A Bermudian living with bipolar disorder yesterday appeared on BBC in an effort to bring attention to how mental health issues are handled in the UK. Liana Hall, a Bermudian model and actress living in London, appeared on both BBC Breakfast and BBC N...

When you are dealing with a patient with dementia, restraint can be a tough topic. You might not want the patient tied down, but sometimes there is a risk that they might wander, or fall and hurt themselves. Restraint was one of the hot buttons at a...

A woman whose schizophrenic son has been left without his full course of medication is complaining that she’s receiving the silent treatment from the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB). “It’s not fair to him — and I can’t understand why I can’t get an exp...

Charitable group Project 100 aims to raise $1.2 million to create a new home for Bermuda’s mentally challenged — it will be the fourth home the group has provided since 2000. Having seen the success and benefits achieved through the three homes it ha...

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...