Should people with mental illness really pay for their prescriptions?
“If the Government is serious about achieving equality for mental health, now is the time to act to put this anomaly right”
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Young people in a changing world on World Mental Health Day: Putting evidence into practice
Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year its focus is on ‘children and young people in a changing world’. And yet it’s easy to jump to conclusions about what is behind the rise in demand for children and young people’s mental health support and how to respond to it. At the Centre, we’re
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Whose best interest? Advance Decisions and collaboration in coercive environments
Owen looks at the purpose of Advance Decisions to empower people at their most powerless
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Speaking from experience: shaping the Mental Health Act Review
Dr Sarah Markham shares her experience of being on the Service User and Carer Group of the Mental Health Act Review
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Anxiety, loneliness and Fear of Missing Out: The impact of social media on young people’s mental health
Rhys shares his view on the impact of social media on mental health
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Tele-therapy and veterans’ mental health: The future of service provision?
Harry Palmer takes a closer look at new findings from Combat Stress funded by the Mental Health Research Programme
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Action not words: Why mental health care needs to change
In a hard-hitting personal account, one writer argues that change in mental health will require more than just talk
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Rethinking statutory roles in the Mental Health Act
Dr Jenny Oates questions how we recruit Responsible Clinicians to alleviate workforce pressure and give people the best care
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Disadvantage and inequality: it’s time to stop ignoring “difficult” mental health challenges
New trustee André Tomlin explains why he’s joining our mission to make mental health equality a reality
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Mental health and older people – time to make some noise
Toby Williamson looks at the ‘little Cinderella’ of mental health
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