This is how to care for your own mental health as a professional

How is your mental health affected by the work you do as a mental health care professional? Therapist, Michael O'Sullivan, explores what can help ... 

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Increase in student deaths through suicide

The number of students who have died through suicide has increased by 79% (from 75 to 134) between 2007 and 2015, according to new IPPR research.

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Online hate crime reporting made easier

Online hate crime reporting is now being treated more seriously and reporting has been made easier.

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Training on pre and postnatal depression insufficient, say health visitors

Nearly three quarters of midwives and health visitors have said they do not think the current amount of training on pre and postnatal mental illnesses is sufficient, according to charity PANDAS Foundation.  

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What happens when Google knows you’re depressed?

Google users should consider the potential damage the search engine's new depression questionnaire could do to their digital profile in the eyes of insurers and employers, Mark Brown reports.

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Tech to support people with paranoia and depression

Innovations will assist with diagnosis of depression and management of paranoia. 

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#MHTchat: Policing and mental health – what needs to change?

This #MHTchat we talked about the complex relationship between mental health and the police

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Young people’s mental health ‘everyone’s business’ say colleges

The Royal Colleges of GPs (RCGP), Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), and Psychiatrists (RCPsych) have committed to five shared principles that they hope will improve the care and support of…

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School exclusion may trigger mental health problems

Being excluded from school can cause children and adolescents to go on to develop long-term psychiatric illnesses, research says.

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Here’s how to treat patient’s physical and mental health together

People with psychosis on average die 15 to 25 years earlier than the rest of the population, something a new pioneering project led by Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust…

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