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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...

Jackie Costello is a girl on a mission to break the stigma attached to mental illness. It’s a cause that hits close to home for the 15-year-old. Growing up with an uncle with paranoid schizophrenia, the Somersfield Academy student saw the challenges...

Susan Thomas feared being stigmatised when she publicly revealed she had a depressive illness. David is sharing his story anonymously today, because he worries he might be judged. Mrs Thomas was flooded with messages from people who said they had si...

David didn’t understand why people were looking at him like something wasn’t right. He was speaking clearly but they didn’t get what he was saying. He was full of energy; they all seemed so slow. The penny didn’t drop until he was taken away by ambul...

A holistic wellness centre has been established to cater for mental health issues — from simple stress at work to severe depression and anxiety. Set in a calm, spa-style environment, Solstice has an open-door policy and will take on self-referrals as...

Mental Health Awareness Week was launched yesterday with the theme of dignity. Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the acting health minister, addressed an audience at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute and highlighted the need to “consider the humanity in peo...

The Human Rights Commission is fielding more and more complaints of discrimination relating to mental health — but remains powerless because of the Island’s outdated laws. “I am extremely frustrated that it has taken us this long,” HRC chairman Micha...

Mental health campaigner Mike Veeny has concluded that he loves Bermuda and wants very much to come here again, an audience heard last night in City Hall. “I’m mentally ill, so you might not want me,” added Mr Veeny, with the characteristic humour th...

Bermuda is decades behind the rest of the world because of its failure to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of mental health, according to the Human Rights Commission. The group yesterday said it aims to add protection on the grounds of mental hea...

Senior Magistrate Juan Wolffe is prepared to join lobbying efforts to put pressure on legislators when it comes to updating Bermuda’s laws dealing with mental health. Mr Wolffe spoke candidly with The Royal Gazette on the introduction of restorative ...

Bermuda’s pilot mental health courts have shown great success — but the Government should follow through and have it enshrined in law within the next year. That is the hope of Jodi Lewis of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation (BMHF), which advocates...