Help yourself
Sophie Goodchild reports on a new project where health professionals ‘prescribe’ self-help…
Government launches major mental health liaison and diversion pilot
The government has launched a pilot scheme that will see mental health…
Third of young long-term unemployed have contemplated suicide, report finds
One in 3 long-term unemployed young people have contemplated suicide, while 1…
Professor Sue Bailey made a dame in New Year’s Honours List
Professor Sue Bailey, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has been…
Self-confidence workshops ‘can reduce depression’, says Institute of Psychiatry
One-day cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) self-confidence workshops should be more widely used…
CBT not effective treatment for schizophrenia, study finds
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) has little effect on the symptoms of schizophrenia,…
Experts call for liaison psychiatry services in every hospital
Every acute hospital needs a liaison psychiatry service to manage the mental…
Asda ‘mental patient’ row named ‘mental health moment’ of 2013
Charity Rethink Mental Illness has named the Asda ‘mental patient’ costume scandal,…
LPT pioneers system to improve physical health of mental health patients
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) is pioneering an electronic register that could…