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Nightline – student to student support

Student reporting of mental health needs has increased by 500 percent in ten years. Support…

Lizzie Shelmerdine

‘We can rationalise but social media still makes us dissatisfied with our lives’

Rae Ritchie explores the good, the bad and the ugly about social…

Rae Ritchie

CAMHS shortfall is having a deadly impact on young people

Our guest blogger has joined Britain's leading family judge in highlighting the impact…

Stephen Bradshaw

The top ten Mental Health Today articles of 2017 so far

We look back at the top ten Mental Health Today articles of 2017…

Barney Cullum

Funding services to help young people thrive

Alison Gowman shares what is needed to fund services in London that…

Alison Gowman

‘My anxiety tells me who I am and what I can do’

Sally Vaughan is studying creative writing at university, she explores her struggle to…

Sally Vaughan

How to foster positive relationships with young people as professional

Sophie Benson looks at how mental health care professionals can work with…

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Exclusive interview: Alastair Campbell – ‘families not equipped for mental illness’

The political strategist, writer and dedicated mental health campaigner speaks to Mental Health Today…

Barney Cullum

#MHTchat: involving people with mental health needs in creating the services that support them

We discussed findings from Rethink Mental Illness revealing that 85% of commissioners…

LeeMC2022

Innovation: young people making mental health change happen

A pioneering project is drawing on the life experiences of young people…

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