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Don’t wait for your life to fall apart before you get help, says Turning Point

Turning Point has released the data for the last year, which has…

Ed Brown

Ramadhan is an opportunity to think about our own mental health and others

Muhammed Khan writes that Ramadhan is a period of fasting and contemplation…

Muhammed Khan

NHS workers take tips from the performing arts to improve workplace wellbeing

Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB), in collaboration with Swansea University and…

Ed Brown

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

Inquest finds that significant police failures contributed to the death of Leon Briggs

In 2013 Leon Briggs died in police custody after experiencing a mental…

Ed Brown

The NHS expands mental health support for staff

The NHS has announced new plans to increase the support offered to…

Ed Brown

A severe shortage in hospital beds is leaving patients without treatment

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has released the findings of a survey…

Ed Brown

Reformed Mental Health Act to offer choice and tackle discrimination

After the Independent Review in 2018 the long-awaited white paper on the…

Ed Brown

How the Covid-19 pandemic affected my mental health

An in-patient who absconded from his ward describes positives and negatives experienced…

Mohammed Khan

Isolation among factors fuelling LGBTQ+ use of mental health crisis text service

On the eve of Global Pride 2020, crisis text message service Shout…

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