Mental health

Army under fire for targeting recruitment adverts during ‘January Blues’

Joe Lo on June 21, 2019June 23, 2019

The British Army has been criticised for targeting online recruitment adverts at young, risk-taking, working class Scots suffering the "January Blues".

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Lucky and still here: students struggle to access mental health services

Alisa Wylie on January 29, 2019April 6, 2019

The mental health crisis at Scottish universities: stories from students

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Rise in restraint of mental health patients causes concern

Elizabeth Thomson on January 22, 2019April 6, 2019

Scotland’s Mental Welfare Commission will examine the use of physical restraint in NHS facilities - after data gathered by The Ferret revealed a rise in recorded incidents across numerous health boards.

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Health, Crime and justice, Human rights

Call made for improved out-of-hours mental health care in prisons

Karin Goodwin on January 22, 2019April 6, 2019

Campaigners call for immediate changes to put in place better out-of-hours mental health provision in prisons.

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Autistic people denied mental health services, says report

Joe Lo on November 7, 2018April 6, 2019

A survey of Scottish autistic people has found that over half have had negative experiences trying to access mental health services.

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Asylum, Human rights

Vulnerable women at risk in Dungavel detention centre, says report

Billy Briggs on July 30, 2018April 6, 2019

Women are at risk of exploitation in Dungavel immigration removal centre and more than 200 detainees were on watch for self harm in 2017, says new report.

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Health, Crime and justice

Podcast: what’s behind the rise in self-harming in Scottish prisons?

Cormac Hourigan on September 21, 2017July 29, 2019

Cases in which people try to hurt or kill themselves in prison have risen by over a third in the last four years.

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Mental health

Employment, Health

Army under fire for targeting recruitment adverts during ‘January Blues’

Health, Education, Society

Lucky and still here: students struggle to access mental health services

Health, Human rights

Rise in restraint of mental health patients causes concern

Health, Crime and justice, Human rights

Call made for improved out-of-hours mental health care in prisons

Health

Autistic people denied mental health services, says report

Asylum, Human rights

Vulnerable women at risk in Dungavel detention centre, says report

Health, Crime and justice

Podcast: what’s behind the rise in self-harming in Scottish prisons?

Two Scottish councils lending £15m for English council to gamble with

MSPs urged to learn from Skye nursing home Covid-19 outbreak

Do not give Ineos £500m Covid bail-out, say campaigners

Pressure mounts on ministers as 87 beavers confirmed killed in Tayside