Resetting the rules for primary care and mental health
Dr Paul Turner highlights a fundamental need to challenge prevailing assumptions in mental health care
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The children’s mental health survey and its implications
Lorraine takes a longer look at yesterday’s children’s prevalence survey and its key findings
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The unspoken frontier: meeting the emotional needs of people with cancer
Moira from Macmillan Cancer Support looks at what is needed to support the mental health of people facing cancer
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Children’s mental health services: the data behind the headlines
Andy takes a look at latest data on waiting times, service provision and funding
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Housing and the Mental Health Act: a ‘duty of care’
Cllr Andrew Gordon highlights the negative impact that being detained under the Mental Health Act can have on someone’s housing situation
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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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