Mental health treatment is one of the toughest areas of medicine - and it can be even tougher when the person concerned does not realise they need some help. For that reason there is a system known as ...

The chef, 58, was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for 20 days in late 2023 after his wife Melanie Ceysson expressed concerns about his wellbeing, before later being diagnosed with bipolar in ...

Back in September 2016, I found myself in a psychiatric ward – the last place on earth I wanted to be. Truthfully, it felt like rock bottom. I hated it, and it felt like life couldn’t get any worse. I ...

Striding into the Metro office, Kenneth Erhahon, better known as Shocka, has a contagious smile on his face. Some might feel it’s at odds with what he is here to discuss — being sectioned four times — ...

The family of a vulnerable man with severe mental health issues have questioned how he was able to walk out of a ward at Hairmyres Hospital where he is currently sectioned. Craig Graeme Hannah, who ...

AS her 15-year-old son shuffled into the room dressed in soiled clothes that didn’t belong to him, Isabelle Garnett felt her heart break. Matthew, 15, suffers from similar conditions to Harvey Price – ...

Shocka is telling his story for an important reason (Picture: Supplied) Striding into the Metro office, Kenneth Erhahon, better known as Shocka, has a contagious smile on his face. Some might feel ...