Log In

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...

Over the weekend the World Series in baseball was going on. Perhaps some of you saw it. There was one particular play at third base in which the third baseman appeared to have obstructed the base runner trying to get to home plate. The umpire made th...

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 father of two is making remarkable progress after being struck down by a rare, debilitating illness that affects just one in every 2.3 million people. And David Grayston has thanked the community for its support after well-wishers raised thousands ...

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...