Hundreds hospitalised over an hour apart from families
The data set relates only to adults and there remains even less local provision for children.
£15 million available for mental health care innovation
The Government has created a new grant scheme.
#MHTchat: Trans-related mental health
Today's #MHTchat was led by guest host, Ellen Stepehnson, all about trans-related mental health
Gender and disability hate crime reporting ‘improving’
Hate crimes motivated by disability (53 percent rise) and transgender status (47%) have seen the biggest rises over the last year. More people are coming forward to report.
How to avoid waiting two years for mental health services
Young people and indeed most people need to wait a long time for counselling services through the NHS. That's not the case for the students of Arden University, a distance learning…
Couples therapy and the benefit for the whole family
Andrew Balfour, CEO of Tavistock Relationships, talks about the many couples who suffer in isolation and the benefits of couples counselling for the whole family
1,000 people in distress detained in police cells in last year
1,029 people were detained in cells under the mental health act in the year to March 31, national statistics shared by the Home Office revealed today.
Psychological professions unite against conversion therapy
An updated memorandum of understanding (MoU) against conversion therapy has been launched today, which makes it clear that conversion therapy in relation to gender identity and sexual orientation (including asexuality)…
Distress or doctors driving compulsory treatment rise in Scotland?
Emergency detention certificates were used 2,414 times over the last year. These certificates can be issued by any doctor and allow someone to be kept in hospital for up to…
East Anglia: The most dangerous ‘care’ in England
A mental health hospital in Norwich is the only one in the country to be rated inadequate by regulators this year.