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The work of the Human Rights Commission could move ahead at three times its present speed now that it can step out from under the purview of the Bermuda Government. Michael Hanson, the HRC’s outgoing chairman who is finishing his term after three yea...

Proposed updates to the Human Rights Act — offering protection on the grounds of mental health — will be discussed at a lunch and learn event on Friday. Guidelines in support of existing and forthcoming legislation regarding disability, employment a...

A raft of legal reforms to encourage young and vulnerable witnesses to give evidence in court and update the penalties for sexual offences will be put before the House of Assembly over the next 12 months. During yesterday’s Throne Speech, Governor Ge...

Jackie Costello is a girl on a mission to break the stigma attached to mental illness. It’s a cause that hits close to home for the 15-year-old. Growing up with an uncle with paranoid schizophrenia, the Somersfield Academy student saw the challenges...

People are being urged to take personal responsibility in the fight against obesity and poor health. Doctors alone cannot do it all, according to Dy-Juan DeRoza, the Assessment Officer for the Department of Health’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Uni...

Susan Thomas feared being stigmatised when she publicly revealed she had a depressive illness. David is sharing his story anonymously today, because he worries he might be judged. Mrs Thomas was flooded with messages from people who said they had si...

David didn’t understand why people were looking at him like something wasn’t right. He was speaking clearly but they didn’t get what he was saying. He was full of energy; they all seemed so slow. The penny didn’t drop until he was taken away by ambul...

A holistic wellness centre has been established to cater for mental health issues — from simple stress at work to severe depression and anxiety. Set in a calm, spa-style environment, Solstice has an open-door policy and will take on self-referrals as...

Mental Health Awareness Week was launched yesterday with the theme of dignity. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the acting health minister, addressed an audience at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and highlighted the need to “consider the humanity in peo...

Edward “Donnell” Ivy’s hips started failing him when he was 9. By the time he reached university, he would often suffer terrible pain that would put him in hospital for weeks. Then the crisis hit. The then 23-year-old was on duty as a resident paedia...

As a teenager, he had to give up his university career due to illness — but now Adrian Warner is finally packing his bags and ready to resume studying once again. A sufferer of sickle-cell anaemia, Mr Warner’s studies in Canada were cut short by a “s...

The Human Rights Commission is fielding more and more complaints of discrimination relating to mental health — but remains powerless because of the Island’s outdated laws. “I am extremely frustrated that it has taken us this long,” HRC chairman Micha...