#MHTchat: What do you think of the BBC Panorama programme ‘A prescription to murder’

We select the highlights from our weekly #MHTchat on twitter, join us every wednesday at 12pm to debate the most topical issues ...

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Innovation: young people making mental health change happen

A pioneering project is drawing on the life experiences of young people to tackle youth mental ill-health

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Young left in hospital too long due to lack of community care

Young people are being left in mental health hospital wards longer than necessary due to a lack of community care, according to a new report by the Education Policy Institute.

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First aid training helps attendees with personal mental health

Taking a mental health first aid course helps attendees better manage their own mental wellbeing, according to a survey.

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Here’s an alternative to A+E crisis care

The newly-published State of Mental Health has rightly highlighted failings in crisis care provision once again, but alternative responses are working well in some parts of the country. Mental Health Today speaks to…

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State of Mental Health report slams ‘over-restrictive care’

The "most comprehensive picture" of mental health care ever painted by the Care Quality Commission indicates some services remain rooted in the past.

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#MHTchat: Does maternal mental health need more attention?

We select the highlights from our weekly #MHTchat on twitter, join us every wednesday at 12pm to debate the most topical issues ...

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‘Urgent need’ to invest more in mental health care for new mums

There is an ‘urgent need’ for the government to invest more funding into services for women suffering with pregnancy related mental health problems, say the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).

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Anti-restraint campaigners win breakthrough

Paranoid schizophrenic Robin Cox has been instrumental to work that has seen use of face-down-restraint disappear across Sheffield hospitals.

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DEBATE: As employees should we be more honest about our mental health?

Each week we ask you a question to encourage you to comment and tell us what you think. Time to open up and let the debate begin ... 

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