• What's the Story? Reporting mental health and suicide
• At a glance
• The handbook
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Key facts about mental health
  • Care in and out of the community
  • Reporting mental health and violence
  • Violence: the other side of the story
  • Reporting suicide
  • Language and terminology
  • Industry codes of practice
  • Diagnoses
  • Contacts
• Shift Media Network

Violence: the other side of the story

Two articles with a different perspective

These two pieces show the ‘mad axeman’ story from a different perspective.

Good Housekeeping magazine

'When Lin Langford’s son Stephen was diagnosed with a mental illness, she did all she could to help him. But then, as she tells Ellie O’Mahoney, the unthinkable happened.'

This article tells the story of a woman who’s son was found guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

Daily Mirror

'A MAN who wounded 11 churchgoers after going berserk with a samurai sword while mentally ill is backing the Mirror’s campaign to get knives off the streets.'

This news story in the Daily Mirror shows how a man with schizophrenia who attacked a church congregation deeply regretted his actions after recovering from the illness.

Extended versions of these articles can be found in the PDF and hardcopy versions of What’s the Story.

What's the Story: Reporting mental health and suicide: A resource for journalists and editors