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Prisons are leaving women destitute and homeless, say campaigners

Thousands of women are released from prisons each year, a majority of…

Ed Brown

Rules for living – what is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?

A second in a series examining psychotherapeutic techniques. In this installment Cognitive…

LeeMC2022

The Mental Health Foundation: mental health in the year of the pandemic

A year on into the pandemic, the Mental Health Foundation’s study looks…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

Women and girl’s mental health is in crisis one year into the pandemic: Agenda reports

A year on into the pandemic, is the current gender-neutral response from…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

Carrying the burden: how a lack of mental health diagnosis is affecting young men

While attitudes towards mental health are improving, it’s clear that there still…

Natasha Bougourd

It’s time we give some attention to the relationship between mental health and periods

After a year of lockdowns and pandemic stress, women are feeling the…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

What we can learn from Sarah Everard’s case: re-victimisation and advocation

Social media has been awash with women reacting to Sarah Everard’s case,…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

Meghan Markle, “racial gaslighting” and its re-traumatising effect on the Black population

The treatment of Meghan Markle at the hands of the public and…

Bryony Porteous-Sebouhian

It’s becoming apparent that we are facing a dual mental health crisis

Julie Bass, chief executive of health and social care organisation Turning Point,…

Julie Bass

How I came to terms with my gambling addiction and the anxiety I battled with at my worst

What happens when small instances of hidden behaviour turn into an all-consuming,…

Connor H