Young People’s Mental Health – the Importance of Transitions
For young people struggling with their mental health, access to treatment and support often operates on a postcode lottery, with changes from child to adult services presenting disruptions at exactly…
Insomnia and the Search for a Magic Key
In this guest blog for Mental Health Today, timed to followWorld Sleep Day, Rae Ritchie discusses her struggles with sleeplessness, nowthat she has come off her medication.
Between these four walls
Radhika Holmström looks at the physical infrastructure of psychiatric inpatient facilities.
Supporting Prisoners Who Have Autism
At HMP Young Offenders Institute Feltham in London, cell curtains must remain open in daytime or inmates face being disciplined. This rule may sound straightforward, but it presents a real…
Mothers’ help
Is investing in specialist perinatal psychological support the best option? A new briefing from the British Psychological Society makes the case.
Preparing young people with learning disabilities for adult life
Too many young people with learning disabilities are being let down as they prepare for adult life, according to a damning report by Ofsted. Access to further education, training and…
Young people’s mental wellbeing and the impact of the online world
Children and young people are spending longer than ever on the internet, and this is having an effect on their mental health – positive and negative – and is something…
Engaging BME communities about mental health
This article was first published in February 2016 Mental health problems are more common among BME communities than the general population, yet providing culturally sensitive mental health services is something…
Personal approach to support leads to outstanding rating for learning disability support service
Since the Care Quality Commission revamped its inspection criteria in 2014, few learning disability services have gained an ‘outstanding’ rating from the regulator. But 16 King’s Road in Hampshire has…
Agenda briefing on the use of restraint against women and girls March 2017
Latest briefing from alliance of more than 70 organisations who have come together to campaign for change for women and girls at risk.
