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The Bermuda Mental Health Foundation is continuing with its Message in a Bottle Campaign aimed at depression awareness and suicide prevention. The campaign requires companies and individuals to leave a USB message in a bottle after which it is passed...

The demand for mental health services in Bermuda has spiralled in recent months, while the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute continues to face inflationary rises and government funding cuts. In 2015 711 patients were seen by the MWI Acute Care Clinic; ...

A mental health expert says he hopes to help “heal” Bermuda on his return to the island. Maxim Alkon, from South Shore, is looking to launch a series of affordable two-hour workshops, addressing all manner of emotional and social issues affecting the...

For dozens of people over the past two years, Bermuda’s Mental Health Court has been the launching pad in their mission to turn their lives around. Simon Jones was invited to a session to see the groundbreaking facility in action.Applause. It is perh...

The groundbreaking Mental Health Court is saving lives and giving participants fresh hope for the future. This according to the men and women who have taken part in the treatment programme as well as the team of lawyers, probation officers, court ser...

The Youth Parliament last night held its first debate of the legislative year, with the student members tackling the subject of mental health. While the government team, led by Namrata Bisht, argued that the Bermuda Government should substantially in...

A national plan is needed to tackle the issue of homelessness in Bermuda, according to Opposition MP Michael Weeks. Opening a take-note debate in the House of Assembly on Friday, the Shadow Minister of Health and Community Affairs said treating homel...

The decision to include mental health under human rights laws has been applauded by the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation. “Amending the Human Rights Act in favour of giving basic human rights to the mentally disabled is simply the right thing to do,”...

For many people, making a sandwich is a chore, but for Craig Dickens it’s an adventure. Mental challenges made it necessary for the 51-year-old to live with his mother for most of his life. A year ago he had the opportunity to move into a group home...

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...