Vast majority of professionals say mental health support for children after abuse is “inadequate”
Children who have experienced abuse are increasingly struggling to access mental health support unless they are seriously ill, a new survey has found.
Cuts to Housing Benefit could leave people with dementia and those with disabilities unable to afford rents, government warned
Planned changes to housing benefit could leave tens of thousands of the country’s most vulnerable people unable to afford rent on their homes, and forcing the closure of specialist housing…
Depression of either parent during pregnancy linked to premature birth
The link between depression and premature birth extends beyond the maternal to the paternal side, a new Swedish study has suggested.
Call for investigation into spike in unexpected deaths of mental health patients
The annual number of unexpected deaths of mental health patients in England has risen by 21% in the past three years, and the reasons for this spike need to be…
Three in four threats to cut benefits of people with mental ill health are incorrect, FOI finds
Three quarters of threats of sanctions to people with mental ill health who claim Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) are incorrectly issued, data from a Freedom of Information (FOI) request…
Call for urgent reform of CAMHS as “more of the same is not an option”
There is an urgent need to reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) so that young people can get the help they need, when they need it, according to…
Talk it out – the development of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme
In the seven years since Improving Access to Psychological Therapies was launched the scheme has had some successes, but problems in some areas remain, as Emma Dent explains.
New study to develop mental health assessments for autistic adults launched
An autism expert is to create the UK’s first set of measures to guide health service providers in their support for adults with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) after being awarded…
Preventing depression rated top priority for future research into the condition
Finding answers to how to prevent depression occurring or reoccurring is the public’s top priority for future research into the condition, a consultation has found.
Alzheimer’s drug prescriptions six times higher than decade ago, new figures show
The number of prescriptions dispensed in England for approved medicines to treat Alzheimer's disease increased from 502,000 in 2004 to 3 million in 2014, new figures have revealed.