Children as young as six going to A&E in mental health crisis
NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.
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Treatment involving patient’s family cuts mental health hospital admissions, study finds
The approach focuses on the patient priorities, seeing the same clinicians, and involving people close to them.
Walk-in mental health centres to open in banks and libraries across England
Government plans network of nearly 200 specialist services to help those facing mental health crises.
Top-rated mental health trust asked to save £24m
An NHS trust could lose up to 330 posts and a union says there will be “consequences” for patients.
‘Evidence lacking’ for mental health monitoring tech
The Lampard Inquiry hears from experts about Oxevision technology.
Sept 7th: Moral Injury: A human response to systemic wrongs, not a mental disorder.
Part of the Challenging the culture of diagnosis & disorder! collection Online event Monday 7 September • 6 PM – 7:30 PM GMT+1 Overview Join us for…
Breaking the silence: Zimbabwean youth leader calls for urgent investment in mental health
For Tanatswa Amanda Chikaura, mental health advocacy began with a personal loss: while studying psychology at the University of Zimbabwe, she learned that a fellow…
World Cup football’s other goal: Helping young people talk about mental health
When Dr. Sahira Al Nahari founded Shifā Art, a Saudi Arabia-based organization using art to create conversations around mental health, she noticed that men attending…
On the pros and cons of the concept of ‘mental illness’: a response to Richard Gipps
Summary: Many modern philosophers see the logical incoherence of the medical model that underpins psychiatry, but fail to draw the obvious and radical conclusions. For…
AI’s Threat to Mental Health Care
Online mental health companies are rolling out AI chatbots as therapists struggle with insurance industry changes.
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