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The Roses Theatre will also help people affected by domestic abuse - both victims and perpetrators.

Arts and drama sessions will be used to help them build confidence and skills.

Director Sarah Blowers said: "For a lot of the women it was really important they weren't sitting in a room talking about it, but they were sitting in a room creating something."

'Safe place'

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The fitness-for-work test used to determine whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible to claim sickness benefits substantially disadvantages people with mental health conditions, a court has said, in a landmark ruling hailed as a significant victory by mental health charities.

The relationship between the heritable risk for schizophrenia and low intelligence (IQ) has not been clear. Schizophrenia is commonly associated with cognitive impairments that may cause functional disability. There are clues that reduced IQ may be linked to the risk for developing schizophrenia. For example, reduced cognitive ability may precede the onset of schizophrenia symptoms. Also,...