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Bermuda will be able to send prison inmates with mental disorders overseas for treatment under legislation approved last week in Parliament. Health minister Kim Wilson told MPs the legislation would help persons requiring “special psychiatric treatme...

Children are suffering an increase in severe mental health problems, a child psychologist has warned. Carla Bean, of Child and Adolescent Services at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute, said she had seen an increase in youngsters who self-harmed or...

A mental health expert has called for a high-security clinic to treat criminals with psychiatric problems. Tiffanne Thomas, director of Therapeutic Consulting Services, said a specialist unit could better treat people with mental health problems who ...

More supervised community treatment could provide much needed aftercare for patients with mental health problems, a support group founder said yesterday. Mental health advocate Chelsea Nicholson said community treatment orders would help patients who...

Poorer families will not be unfairly targeted by a sugar tax, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. The consultation paper on the tax explained that the proposal is designed to help people be healthier and discourage importers from bringing in high...

Mental health awareness campaigners yesterday brought their message to Bermuda with a proclamation on the steps of City Hall. American author and philanthropist Shanti Das created the group Silence the Shame after she suffered from depression and exp...

Six companies were recognised for ensuring equal opportunities for people with physical and mental problems yesterday. The Disabilities Advisory Council named Sousa’s Gardens and Aberfeldy Nurseries as businesses that employed people with disabilitie...

Court requests for mental health reports have rocketed by nearly 300 per cent in the past three years, the Bermuda Hospitals Board has revealed. The BHB said that delays in delivering reports to courts were because of a shortage of professionals as w...

Art therapy has helped Kevin Dill deal with the “clutter” in his head. The 50-year-old, who has bipolar disorder, is one of the artists taking part in an art show designed to highlight the work of patients at the island’s psychiatric hospital. Mr Di...

Halting the rise in obesity and diabetes will be the focus of a symposium in January. As the island marks World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health repeated that it is working towards a national strategy to deal with the problem. Health mini...

Obesity and diabetes could cost Bermuda $26 million in health insurance claims over the next decade, Kim Wilson warned today. The Minister of Health told the House of Assembly that this figure does not include indirect costs, such as the impact on o...

Campaigners fear the public are “turned off” by obesity risks despite its crippling impact on Bermuda’s health and economy. More than 8,000 people suffer from lifestyle and diet-linked type 2 diabetes, with 157 patients on dialysis at the hospital, a...