Lee Richardson (first left) with Jurgen Klopp and the backroom staff after their 2019 Club World Cup win. -Credit: Photo by Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Liverpool have been competing at the peak of their powers under the guise of Jurgen Klopp for more than five years. Although they have fallen marginally short, after … Read more
A dad described as ‘the life and soul of the party’ died after sending a heartbreaking text message to his partner. Kevin Sholicar, from Ormskirk, tragically took his own life on Saturday, April 27, leaving behind his parents, two younger brothers, two half-sisters, his partner of 18 years and their two daughters, aged 10 and … Read more
A counselor shares tips on how to protect your teens’ mental health while increasing access to phone apps. (Getty Images) The news that Meta last week lowered the minimum age for WhatsApp in the EU and Britain from 16 to 13 was branded ‘tone deaf’ by campaigners. And with mental health and increased phone use … Read more
Credit – Getty Images IIn the 19th century, a French Canadian named Alexis St. Martin was shot in the stomach while in a fur trading post when someone’s musket accidentally fired at close range. He survived, but his injuries left a hole in his stomach wall. This provided an early insight – literally – into … Read more
The internet has had an impact on our once thriving high street – Alamy There’s always someone else worse off, right? Here we look at Uzbekistan, the only country to score lower than Britain in a global index of mental wellbeing. Yes, we are more miserable than Moldova. Bluer than Belarus. Even Yemen and Ukraine … Read more
Zach Mercer – Getty Images/Bob Bradford Zach Mercer has experienced many highs and lows. From leaving his boyhood club Bath in 2021 to join Montpellier, winning the Top 14 in his first year in France and the Player of the Year award the following season, then returning home to fight for a place in the … Read more
Ivor Browne at home in Ranelagh, Dublin: he battled the over-prescription of mood-altering drugs and believed electroconvulsive therapy should be a last resort – Joe St Leger/THE IRISH TIMES Ivor Browne, who has died aged 94, was a psychiatrist who transformed public perception of mental illness in Ireland, overseeing the shift from overcrowded hospital wards … Read more
Mental health apps have become increasingly common in recent years, especially due to the rise of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic. However, there is a problem: data privacy is compromised in the process. “Data is incredibly lucrative in the digital space,” Darrell West, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told Yahoo Finance. “That’s how … Read more