World Suicide Prevention Day: What suicide prevention services need to understand about domestic abuse
This World Suicide Prevention Day, Alice Piller-Roner explains why we need to broaden our understanding of suicide prevention for women experiencing domestic abuse.
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In the community, by the community
Andy visits the African-Caribbean Community Initiative where community-led, relational support offers a vital bridge to statutory mental health care.
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Group work as method: holding complexity in mental health research
David Woodhead explores the values and application of group work in mental health research.
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Resolving an enduring injustice – why every IPP prisoner needs a resentencing review
Dr Sarah Markham makes the case for a structured resentencing review for every person still subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence.
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Making the mental health strategy a success
Sam explores the indications that we can use to measure how well the mental health strategy is working.
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The (mental health) benefits of benefits: why social security is wrongly vilified
Andy argues that social security is unfairly stigmatised – and sets out the evidence that benefits, done right, are a cornerstone of good mental health.
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The research we could not find
David Woodhead reflects on a failed literature search that revealed a deeper problem: interdisciplinary mental health research often goes unindexed and uncited.
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Representing real lives: the case for better mental health reporting
Grace Ward, an expert by experience, argues that media coverage of mental health continues to sideline the voices of those who live it.
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The mental health strategy depends on community trust, so the funding should follow
Muhammed Rauf argues that the new mental health strategy depends on trust built over years by community organisations – and that funding needs to follow that trust.
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The torn agenda: reflections on coproduced research in mental health
Marking Research Appreciation Day, David reflects on the graft, the debt and the rewards of coproduced research in mental health.
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