Brain training app may help to improve memory and functioning in people with schizophrenia
A ‘brain training’ game may improve the memory of people with schizophrenia, helping them in their daily lives at work and aiding them to live independently, according to new research.
Mental health services need reform and investment across the board
The shortage of acute inpatient mental health beds has been a recurring theme in the sector for some years now, and a recent report has highlighted how this is being…
Suicides by mental health patients: deaths that don’t matter
In this guest blog, Robert, a mental health campaigner who has bipolar disorder, condemns the lack of coverage by the mainstream media on the latest statistics on suicides by those…
Nearly 1 in 10 companies have employees with dementia
Dementia should be a concern for business, according to a survey of UK HR professionals, as research has revealed that 8% of UK companies have already encountered employees with dementia.
Mental health trust wins £750,000 award to invest in technology to improve services
Thousands of people with mental health conditions are set to benefit from a "hi-tech care boost" after Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) won £750,000 from the Nursing Technology…
Mental health among top pupil health and safeguarding concerns in England
Mental health, domestic violence, bullying and obesity are the most concerning pupil health and safeguarding issues for headteachers and other school leaders in England, a report on pupil wellbeing has…
Large rise in number of suicides among men in mental health care
The number of men who die by suicide while under the care of mental health services in the UK has risen by 29% since 2006, a new report has revealed.
Mental Health Foundation opens debate on expectations and responsibilities of psychiatry
Psychiatry’s "contract with society" across the UK is still based on "medieval times", according to a new report from the Mental Health Foundation (MHF).
76 schools to take part in school ‘mindfulness pilot’
Thousands of teenagers across the UK will have school lessons in mindfulness in an experiment designed to see if it can protect against them developing mental ill health.
Welsh Government launches five-year plan to reduce suicide and self-harm in Wales
People who are vulnerable to suicide and those who self-harm will be offered greater levels of support as part of a new five-year plan to reduce suicide and self-harm in…