Using self-care to help you thrive not just survive
This Mental Health Awareness Week Melissa from the Counselling Directory shows how important self-care is in helping us to thrive …
‘How do we maintain emotional stability in the face of tragedy?’
‘Rae, I think you should listen to the headlines. Something bad has happened. Something bad in Manchester.’
Service users back London’s new place of safety model
The rest of London looks set to follow the example set at the Maudsley Hospital after favourable feedback on sense of space and safety.
Depression – how our clever brains contribute to our depression
Michael O’Sullivan, author of ‘Working with compassion’, looks at the physiology of the brain and how it can add to our understanding of depression
My anti-depressants triggered hypomania
One man's experience: a vivid, life-changing journey that started with an anxiety diagnosis.
Charity funds trauma support for migrants and refugees
A London charity has received a funding boost for a programme giving mental health support to migrants and refugees who have experienced trauma before they arrived in the UK.
How to break the rules of depression using CBT
CBT therapist, Michael O'Sullivan, explores the rules that feed our depression and how to break them ...
How to use art to boost mental health in inpatient units
Nicolette Loizou examines a project from charity, Paintings in Hospitals, using art to improve NHS waiting rooms.
Police cells to play a smaller role in mental health responses from today
The way police respond to mental health call outs is changing today.
Meeting children’s mental health needs
Making mental health education compulsory for school children is being debated in parliament today. What form this education should takes should be shaped by children, Paul Burstow argues.
