#MHTchat: How can society and services help prevent suicide?
This wednesday for our #MHTchat we discuss suicide and how services and society can prevent it happening for #worldsuicidepreventionweek
Mental health training boosts police confidence
Training frontline police officers in mental health issues improves their knowledge, attitude and confidence in responding to mental health incidents, according to research by the University of York.
Care leavers miss out on mental health support
Two in three care leavers with mental health needs are missing out on support they should be getting from the state.
Nearly half of young people experienced cyber bullying
Nearly half of young people aged 11-25 years have experienced threatening, intimidating or nasty messages via social media, email or texts, according to a survey by Young Minds.
CBT benefits one in four people living with psychosis
Symptoms of psychosis dropped in 25 percent of a large group of students who signed up to six 20-minute sessions of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) directed at tackling insomnia.
#MHTchat: what needs to change in the care of post natal depression?
This #MHTchat we hosted a joint discussion with PANDAS Foundation for post-natal depression awareness week #PNDAW17
Working therapeutically with someone who has suicidal thoughts
This World Suicide Prevention Day we consider how working with someone who has suicidal feelings can be hard. Here are some things that I have found useful in my experience…
Most unclear of the true extent of UK suicide
Most people do not know the true amount of people who die by suicide every year in the UK, a survey for World Suicide Prevention Day has shown.
Royals’ Grenfell mental health support hub launched
William, Kate and Harry hold links with many of the organisations involved in supporting the community and their Royal Foundation this week launch Support4Grenfell.
Commonwealth promised mental health support
Over half the Commonwealth have yet to develop mental health support strategies, the World Psychiatric Association say.