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FACT-CHECKING TRUMP, NRA CLAIMS ON GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS
According to FBI data, more than 253 million background checks were conducted from Nov. 30, 1998, when the NICS launched, through the end of 2016... READ MORE›
FEW STATES LET COURTS TAKE GUNS FROM PEOPLE DEEMED A THREAT
California's law also empowers police to petition for the protective orders, which can require authorities to remove firearms for up to one year... READ MORE›
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICAN MARCO RUBIO WANT 'RED FLAG' LAWS TO ENABLE GUN SEIZURES
California's law also empowers police to petition for the protective orders, which can require authorities to remove firearms for up to one year... READ MORE›
WHY THE ACLU AGREED WITH TRUMP TO SCRAP A RULE LIMITING GUNS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL
Trump referred to mental health issues shortly after the Wednesday shooting spree at a school in Parkland, Fla., that claimed the lives of 17 people... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS TWO AMERICAS IN FLORIDA SHOOTING AFTERMATH
Providing mental health services will find broad support from the American public... READ MORE›
ALLEGED MELBOURNE SEX OFFENDER ARRESTED IN ISRAEL TO FACE NEW PSYCHIATRIC TEST
After three years of avoiding extradition hearings, Ms Leifer appeared in the Jerusalem district court on Wednesday morning, her second court appearance in just two days... READ MORE›
AM I FAKING IT? THOUGHTS ON HAVING AN INVISIBLE ILLNESS
Having Bipolar, or any mental health problem, means understanding what it's like to have an invisible illness... READ MORE›
GAMING DISORDER SET TO BE RECOGNIZED BY WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
The World Health Organization is looking to add gaming disorder to its International Classification of Diseases... READ MORE›
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UK ACCUSED OF DOING CHINA'S BIDDING AFTER POLICE RAID HOME OF TIANANMEN SQUARE SURVIVOR OVER PEACEFUL PROTEST
Dr Jiang, traumatised after witnessing seeing Chinese soldiers shoot fellow unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square in 1989, was re-arrested in 1995 before fleeing China in 2003... READ MORE›
MARK AUSTIN ADMITS HE TOLD ANOREXIC DAUGHTER 'STARVE YOURSELF TO DEATH'
Austin's daughter Maddy, now 22, became ill in 2012, losing four stone and changing from a healthy and promising athlete to an emaciated, ghostlike figure ... READ MORE›
VICTIM'S FAMILY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT RELEASE OF MAN WHO KILLED GREYHOUND BUS PASSENGER
The Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board ordered the discharge on Friday, saying Li, now known as Will Lee Baker, does not pose a significant safety threat... READ MORE›
QUARTER OF A MILLION CHILDREN RECEIVING MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN ENGLAND
Data covering 60 percent of mental health trusts shows 11,849 boys and girls aged five and under among those getting help... READ MORE›
THE CHAINS OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN WEST AFRICA
The World Health Organization has also intensified its focus on mental health, calling for an end to the chaining of people with mental illnesses... READ MORE›
NHS FIGURES SHOW 'SHOCKING' RISE IN SELF-HARM AMONG YOUNG
The NHS's most senior doctor responsible for young people's health said the distressing figures underlined that greater improvements were needed to boost support for troubled children... READ MORE›
SCHOOLS TO TRIAL HAPPINESS LESSONS FOR EIGHT-YEAR-OLDS
Education department tenders for mental health training contracts, which will help pupils see disturbing thoughts as buses... READ MORE›
#MENTALHEALTHMONTH: MENTAL HEALTH IN AMERICA, BY THE NUMBERS
Mental Health Month A look at mental health in America, by the numbers... READ MORE›
TEXAS' NEWLY SIGNED SANDRA BLAND ACT SETS EXAMPLE FOR REST OF THE NATION
Another program in North Texas focuses on wellness checks, with trained mental health professionals riding with cops... READ MORE›
4 CARTOONS THAT SUM UP THE ABSURDITY OF SAUDI ARABIA LEADING A UN HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Cartoons taunting Saudi Arabia's membership of the United Nations human rights council have gone viral on social media after the kingdom executed 47 people in one day... READ MORE›
MEET THE EDMONTON MAN NO COUNTRY WANTS
Abdikarim gelle has been detained for months awaiting deportation but somalia won't accept mentally ill people... READ MORE›
'LADY SOS': THE WOMAN SAVING SYRIAN REFUGEES AT SEA
Muslims and refugees are being scapegoated and alienated as attacks claimed by ISIL rise, Human Rights Watch says... READ MORE›
THE BIG ANXIETY FESTIVAL: MENTAL HEALTH, SCIENCE AND THE HEALING POWER OF ART
But can an arts festival provide some sort of balm for mental health problems?... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES 'IMPRISONING CRIMEAN TATARS IN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS'
Lawyers and human rights activists say Russian authorities in Crimea are increasingly imprisoning human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals and submitting them to psychological abuse... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | MANY EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WON'T RECOGNIZE TRANSGENDER PEOPLE UNLESS THEY'RE STERILIZED
Transgender people's rights have become a more pressing concern for European activists and lawmakers in recent years... READ MORE›
MENTAL HEALTH CARE IN WEST AFRICA IS OFTEN A PRODUCT OF LUCK
Historically, mental health interventions have scored poorly compared with efforts that save young lives, like neonatal care or treatment of diarrhea... READ MORE›
LOOMING CRUCIFIXION SPARKS GLOBAL CALLS TO SPARE LIFE OF YOUNG SAUDI ALI MOHAMMED AL-NIMR
Many Western countries, including the United States and Australia, have diplomatic and trading ties with Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT URGED TO REVEAL ITS ROLE IN GETTING SAUDI ARABIA A UN HUMAN RIGHTS ROLE
Exclusive UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council... READ MORE›
3. KEEP PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OUT OF CUSTODY
With the general election looming, we asked the Centre for Mental Health a Guardian and Observer Christmas appeal charity what needs to change... READ MORE›
GERMANWINGS CRASH RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SHIFTING IDEAS OF PILOT FITNESS
And few pilots inform the airlines that they have done so.Without a strict reporting system, accountability suffers, he said... READ MORE›
NEWS ANALYSIS ROLE OF ILLNESS IN GERMANWINGS CRASH RAISES WORRY ABOUT STIGMA
And many mental health experts say that the tendency to link mass violence and mental disorders has a negative effect, discouraging people from seeking treatment... READ MORE›
ISRAELI MAN ARRESTED CARRYING WIFE'S HEAD AFTER DECAPITATING & BURNING HER BODY
Only later did they realize he was holding the woman's head, an eyewitness told The Jerusalem Post's sister publication Maariv... READ MORE›
'OUR DAUGHTERS MUST NOT BE SCARED TO TALK ABOUT THEIR MENTAL-HEALTH ISSUES'
The total number of psychiatrists working in children and adolescent mental health services Camhs fell from 1,015 full-time equivalent posts in May 2013 to 948 in May this year... READ MORE›
UKS MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN JAIL THAN HOSPITAL
In a paper last year he said that failing to effectively screen prisoners mental health inevitably led to tragedy... READ MORE›
WOULD WE BE 'BLAMING' CANCER FOR THE DEATHS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO PERISHED IN THE ALPS?
Because what the media coverage does is say not that the awful murderous act was committed by a human being, but by an illness... READ MORE›
CALLS GROW FOR SUICIDE TRANSGENDER TEEN'S PARENTS TO BE PROSECUTED
Leelah Alcorn Transgender teenager's parents 'should be prosecuted', says gay rights activist... READ MORE›
BIPOLAR TEEN FACES AGONIZING WAIT FOR HELP 6 YEARS LATER
By April of that year Fry was still struggling, and was sent to the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre for assessment... READ MORE›
PALU JOURNAL A CITY TURNS TO FACE INDONESIAS MURDEROUS PAST
Mastura signed a local regulation officially recognizing human rights abuse victims in the city... READ MORE›
THIS RANT COMPARING IDS AND CHINA WAS TOO MUCH FOR EVEN THE QUESTION TIME AUDIENCE
I just wonder how the Conservative government can scrutinise China for their human rights violations when they are being investigated themselves he said... READ MORE›
PUTIN SIGNS LAW ALLOWING RUSSIA TO OVERTURN RULINGS OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS COURTS
MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin has signed a law allowing Russia's Constitutional Court to decide whether or not to implement rulings of international human rights courts... READ MORE›