Pregnant women and new mothers across almost half of the UK do not have access to specialist perinatal mental health services, potentially leaving them and their babies at risk.
The ‘pursuit of happiness’ must become an explicit and measurable goal of government if the £105 billion annual cost of mental illness in England is to be reduced, according to a report published by a group of leading mental health experts.
This week, a new book by Lord Layard and Professor David Clark sets out a call for a transformation in the way we think about mental health and the priority mental health care is given.
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Psychiatric liaison services provide mental health care to people being treated for physical health conditions in general hospitals.
In the five years since my review of the support offered to people with mental health problems or learning difficulties in the criminal justice system, we have seen significant progress.
This week Public Health England launched a new Mental Health, Dementia and Neurology Intelligence Network whose website includes new profiling tools for Common Mental Health Disorders, Severe Mental Illness, Community Mental Health Profiles and Neurology.
Successful implementation of liaison and diversion will depend on local services offering effective and engaging support to people of all ages who are diverted.
Risk, Safety and Recovery argues that risk and safety are rightly major concerns in mental health care but that traditional clinical management methods of assessing risk have stood in the way of helping people to recover their lives.
Risk and safety are rightly major concerns in mental health care but traditional methods of assessing risk have stood in the way of helping people to recover.
