A 12-year-old girl who was suffering acute psychosis died in hospital less than a month after being detained under the Mental Health Act, an inquest has heard. The first day of the inquest into the ...

Patients sectioned under the Mental Health Act will have more dignity and a say over their care under proposed reforms to what has been described as an “outdated” system. Among the changes as part of ...

Note: The following article contains discussion of themes including suicide. The Repair Shop's Jay Blades has opened up on previous mental health issues that almost saw him sectioned. "Everything ...

A man in his 40s has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act after climbing onto a railway bridge in Preston.