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As I write this, we are in yet another wave of outbreak, with the numbers of those with Covid diagnoses once again rising, and a raft of restrictions and closures on the horizon. We often say that grief comes in waves; symbolising that healing and r...

A charity helping families has experienced a 50 per cent increase in calls from people who “can no longer suffer in silence”. Sandy De Silva, the Family Centre’s executive director, echoed a recent statement by Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-Gene...

When Tania Stafford went for treatment at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute she felt she had been transported to a 1950s-style asylum. It was old with tatty furnishings, decades old magazines were in the reception area and a faded poster of a tall ...

A man who admitted the theft of a bottle of wine was yesterday sent to Mental Health Court. Jordayo Johnston, 29, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Court. The court heard that on October 25 last year, Johnston was seen acting in a suspici...

The island’s first code of practice for dealing with people with psychiatric problems has been introduced. The Bermuda Hospitals Board document was drawn up to create “safe, effective and consistent” standards of care for the mentally ill. Preston Sw...

Three years ago Joan Aspinall came up with a way of using her ocean-inspired designs to give others a hand up. Her collaboration with Bermuda’s mentally challenged resulted in a string of Christmas tree ornaments this year. In the past they have matt...

The island’s general hospital is to be lit in green to promote good mental health, it was announced yesterday. Preston Swan, the vice-president of clinical operations at the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute, will today light up the KEMH in the interna...

Offenders who turned their lives around after referral to the Mental Health Treatment Court praised the system at a special Thanksgiving ceremony. A trio of people sent to the court, designed to emphasise care over punishment, said the approach had c...

On good days, he is charming, genteel and hard-working. The polite guy who always holds the door for people. But the problems piling up on the bad days — speeding tickets, failures to show in court, fix-it tickets, unpaid fines, anger and depression ...

Simple acts of kindness can ease the stress of an unprecedented year, the health minister said yesterday. Kim Wilson, speaking at an event to mark last Saturday’s end of Mental Health Awareness Week, appealed to the public to continue the event’s the...

The public were asked yesterday to “be kind” to friends, colleagues and even themselves as part of a campaign designed to boost mental health. The Bermuda Hospitals Board, through the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, will mark Mental Health Awareness...

More education is needed to help end the stigma of mental health and addiction, campaigners have said. The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation added it would continue to work with whichever party was in power after the October 1 General Election and tha...