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Welcome to this week’s edition of This Week in Mental Health from Kooth Digital Health.

This past week, we had the pleasure of hosting the Brain Capital UK Summit, where leaders from education, tech, finance, and mental health came together to explore how brain capital can drive future productivity, wellbeing, and economic growth. The event was a powerful reminder of the collective effort needed to make mental health a priority, and we look forward to shaping the vision for a brain capital strategy in the UK.

Meanwhile, mental health challenges continue to affect communities across the UK. One in four Scots is now on antidepressants, according to the Daily Mail, highlighting the widespread need for support. At the same time, The Guardian reports on the growing burden placed on teachers as they step in to assist distressed students, filling the gaps left by an underfunded NHS.

At Kooth, we remain committed to addressing these challenges head-on, driving meaningful change through digital mental health support.

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Top stories of the week

Daily Mail -?A QUARTER of Scots adults are on antidepressant drugs as country gripped by an 'epidemic' of?mental?health?problems

BBC News -?Tackling?mental?health?stigmas in Afro-Caribbean communities

The Guardian -?The Guardian view on privatised care failures: a service crying out for change

BBC News -?Good?mental?health?at 11 'cuts later obesity risk'

BBC News -?TikTok sued for 'wreaking havoc' on teen?mental?health

BBC News -?Grieving mother calls for child?mental?health?law

The Inverness Courier -?Highland MSPs lock horns over NHS Scotland’s ￡35 million bill for psychiatric locums as?health?minister Maree Todd defends the government against Edward Mountain’s criticism

Nation CYMRU -?Minister sets out vision for?mental?health?services in Wales

The Guardian -?Teachers regularly helping pupils in distress in attempt to fill NHS funding gap

The Times -?One in eight Oxford students seek counselling

Chronicle Live -?NHS trust accused of 'abandoning' Gateshead teenager who had to wait two years for?mental?health?care

Glasgow Times -?Report reveals number of Glasgow pupils receiving?mental?health?help

Deeside.com -?NSPCC Cymru: 60% of Welsh Childline Calls Last Year About?Mental?Health

Centre for?Mental?Health?-?Invest in the nation’s?mental?health?to boost the economy and build a fairer society, says charity on World?Mental?Health?Day

BBC News -?'Argument won' on smartphones in schools, minister says

Cambrian News -?NSPCC Childline shines spotlight on Welsh?mental?health?issues

FMJ -?Over half of?UK?professionals think?mental?health?support at work is a ‘box-ticking exercise’

University of Nottingham -?Researchers publish results of largest ever study on British South Asian maternal?mental?health