20 August 2014
Taskforce needs to find ways to reinvest in children’s mental health, says Centre’s Chief Executive
The Government’s ‘taskforce’ into children and young people’s mental health must focus on how to bring about a significant shift in resources to invest in early intervention and address shockingly high levels of unmet need.
8 July 2014
Shocking gaps in UK maternal mental health services – #everyonesbusiness campaign launched today
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.
8 July 2014
Happiness is the government’s business say mental health experts
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.
10 June 2014
Five years of solid progress since Bradley Report must be sustained by local and national action, says Independent Commission
Successful implementation of liaison and diversion will depend on local services offering effective and engaging support to people of all ages who are diverted.
6 June 2014
Person centred safety planning can help to manage risk and support recovery, new briefing paper shows
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.
16 April 2014
Lack of places of safety for children is a major cause for concern
A Care Quality Commission survey showing that a third of hospital ‘places of safety’ do not accept children and young people is a major cause for concern and requires concerted action.
8 April 2014
Key to fair and effective treatment of women offenders is community care not custody
A new report, published by BACP in collaboration with the Centre for Mental Health and Women’s Breakout, has revealed a reassuring breadth and depth in the mental health interventions available at women’s community centres in the UK.
12 March 2014
Loss of early intervention services is a false economy
Cutting early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services puts young people at risk of worse health and poorer life chances.