Time to Change secures £20 million to continue work to tackle mental health stigma
Mental health anti-stigma campaign Time to Change has secured £20 million funding from several investors, which will allow it to continue its work for the next 5 years.
Subverting the stigma: mental health peer support in the Roma community
In this guest blog, Sarah Zawacki talks about a peer support group for the Roma community, and trying to get them to open up about mental health issues, which are…
Pilot sites to trial new approaches to children and young people’s mental health and secure services to go live
Six pilot sites across the country will go live on October 1 to drive the design of new approaches to delivering children and young people’s mental health services and secure…
One in three adults with common mental health conditions accessing treatment, figures show
More than 1 in 3 (37%) adults aged 16-74 in England with common mental health conditions such as depression or anxiety were accessing treatment in 2014, new figures have found.
Continued rise in use of legislation to safeguard people with mental incapacity in Scotland
The use of legislation to safeguard people who lack the capacity to make their own decisions has continued to rise over the past year, including a 15% rise in guardianship…
Human rights concern over rise in use of compulsory mental health treatment in Scotland
There were 5,008 new episodes of compulsory treatment for mental ill health in Scotland last year – the highest level since the 2003 Mental Health Act was introduced, new figures…
Record number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards applications made in past year, new figures show
A record number of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) applications were received by councils during the past year – although there is significant variation between regions, official figures have shown.
Going back to nature
A project promoting mental health recovery through contact with nature and building relationships is providing results for service users, as well as bringing huge savings to the local mental health…
Facing up to mental health problems
Women from African Caribbean backgrounds often find it difficult to speak up about mental health problems due to fears of stigma, but there are initiatives seeking to challenge this. Vic…
NHS organisations get extra £25 million to improve mental health of children and young people
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England have been allocated an extra £25 million to accelerate plans for improving mental health services for children and young people, NHS England has announced.