Join Centre for Mental Health’s call to prioritise mental health equality and prevention
Ed outlines the ideas we’ve submitted to the Major Conditions Strategy’s call for evidence
Author: Chiamaka Okafor
Posts by Chiamaka Okafor
The mental health implications of the Illegal Migration Bill
Psychiatrist Dr Lucia Chaplin highlights the Illegal Migration Bill’s concerning mental health ramifications
Young people in grassroots sport call for more support during injury
Young people involved in grassroots sports call for more support with injury prevention and recovery
Sustainable solution needed to protect people in mental health crisis, says Centre for Mental Health
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner’s suggestion of stopping responses to some mental health emergencies from September 2023 is deeply concerning
The strangest times: Are we increasingly out of step with this weird world that we live in?
In his first piece as our new writer in residence, Andrew K Kauffmann reflects on making sense of life through the prism of new fatherhood, living with OCD, and in the aftermath of a global pandemic.
Counting the cost of health inequality: new data on premature mortality among people with a mental illness in England
Andy Bell draws focus on the recent mortality statistics for people with severe mental illness.
Briefing 60: ‘It feels like being seen’
How can local authorities know if their mental health services are working well?
Podcast: António Ferreira
Thea is joined by António Ferreira, an award-winning mental health activist and anti-racism campaigner who uses his own lived experience of mental health difficulties to bring about changes in mental health.
Confronting institutional racism in mental health: our Festival of Ideas event
Nick and Kadra share key insights and takeaways from our second Festival of Ideas event which explored advancing racial justice in mental health
Having our say: Promoting voting rights for people with mental health difficulties
Masum Khwaja explains how important it is for people living with mental health difficulties to exercise their right to vote.