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Mental health services lacking staff to operate safely and effectively, say staff

Nearly three quarters of mental health professionals think their service does not…

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Can psychotherapy prevent adults from committing sexual abuse in the first place?

We talk to Juliet Grayson, Director of StopSo, about how to reduce…

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Children’s mental health provision green paper: what did everyone think of it?

As the consultation on the green paper ‘Transforming children and young people’s…

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‘It is far easier to stereotype and demonise than empathise’

Therapist, Michael O'Sullivan, considers whether it is possible to teach empathy and…

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Mental health care remains public’s top 2018 priority

Mental health care is the public’s number one issue that it wants…

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Soaring drug addiction fatalities are a problem psychiatry can address

The number of people dying from drug 'abuse' has doubled in four…

Colin Drummond

Can we stop ‘diagnosing’ Trump?

Some psychiatrists are damaging anti-stigma progress by conflating 'mad' with bad in their…

Mark Brown

In the blood; in the mind

A transplant patient explains what good mental health care would look like,…

Joanna Calder

Who cares for the carers? A proposal for a body to provide care to caring professionals

A proposal for an independent umbrella body to provide telephone, online and…

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Editors’ blog: Progressing mental health care and MHT together

There's a new way to support both Mental Health Today and improved…

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