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The mother of a man with psychiatric and drug problems called for sheltered housing options for people with mental illness. Carol Burrows, 65, added that mental health units on the island should be equipped to care for people who face more than one m...

A mentally ill man who committed a “spree” of violent offences, including a serious sexual assault, last year was yesterday detained in hospital under the Mental Health Act. The hospital order imposed restrictions to block the discharge of Jah-Rome H...

Community leaders marked Mental Health Awareness Day with an event on the City Hall steps yesterday. Health minister Kim Wilson, Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute vice-president of clinical operations Preston Swan and Hamilton mayor Charles Gosling del...

Artwork from Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute patients has gone on display at the City Hall. The MindFrame PhotoVoice exhibition aims to reduce stigma for patients, allow them to express themselves and help them build bridges with the public. It featu...

A man who admitted a series of violent offences, as well as a serious sexual assault on a woman last year, will be sentenced this month to mental treatment. The Supreme Court also heard that legislation for the court-enforced treatment of mentally il...

The white golf shoes sit on a shelf in my bedroom closet, in a plastic emergency room bag labelled “Personal Belongings”. They’ve resided there for 14 years, since a muggy June day when my 65-year-old dad finished 18 holes of golf. As his friends ent...

A mental health charity is to hold its first community walk and fun day. The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation Steps to Mental Wellness Walk and Community Fun Day was designed to promote good psychiatric health and break down the stigma attached to pe...

We are now in the gorgeous Italian part of Switzerland, Ticino. What do I like to do here the most? Walk in the woods for hours. This area is a paradise for hiking. Hundreds of kilometres of trails with breathtaking views of shimmering lakes and dis...

Community homes for mental health treatment in Bermuda are to be funded by the Government, the Premier pledged. David Burt said that funding for the homes would come in the “very near future”. The statement drew applause from the audience at the se...

Consider Team Hope as you are approached by runners eager to raise funds during the Bermuda Day Half Marathon Derby. They help people like Toccara Burch-Waldron, a nine-year-old student at Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy. Born with cerebral palsy, s...

Heart palpitations. Dizziness. Nausea. Numbness. Trouble breathing. Chest pains. An all-encompassing feeling of dread. Heart attack? No, for many people these are the unpleasant symptoms of something much more mundane, a panic attack. They often seem...

A homeless man charged with assaulting a woman and abusive behaviour has been remanded in custody to have his fitness to plead examined for a second time. Junior Ming, known as “Scientist”, admitted the charges last week, but changed his plea to not ...