Children with mental health needs missing out on education, report finds
Too many children with mental ill health are missing out on full or part time education, a new Ofsted report has revealed.
Hospital care for people who self-harm still a postcode lottery
Hospital treatment remains a postcode lottery for people who overdose or self-harm, with 40% of those treated not receiving a specialist psychosocial assessment, researchers have found.
Increased out-of-hours provision for mental health launched in Milton Keynes
A new out-of-hours urgent advice line has been launched in Milton Keynes by Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) to provide support, signposting and advice to mental…
Call to provide prisoners with schizophrenia with better access to treatment
Experts are calling for more treatment to be provided to prisoners with schizophrenia and a history of violence when they are in prison and after they are released to decrease…
Taking the right approach
A service user-led report suggests that services provided under the 2008 Care Programme Approach often lack the flexibility required to work with service users’ own understanding of their experiences and…
One in 10 health and wellbeing boards ‘ignoring mental health’
Nearly 1 in 10 health and wellbeing boards do not have mental health among its list of priorities, while many others do not focus on specific goals in the area,…
New app helps users to find a HappyPlace
Psychologists from the University of Bristol have teamed up with the Mental Health Foundation to launch a new mobile app to help people combat low mood on the go.
From Plymouth to the South Pole for the sake of dementia research
Researchers from Plymouth University are hoping to use an Antarctic explorer's experiences of extreme physical and mental conditions in their study of dementia.
Public attitudes towards mental illness moving in the right direction, study shows
There has been an improvement in public attitudes to mental illness, but there is still more work to be done, according to a new report commissioned by anti-stigma programme Time…
Addressing mental health stigma is a generational process
A new survey has shown how prevalent the stigma surrounding schizophrenia remains – and why efforts to combat misconceptions and ignorance about all forms of mental illness must be maintained.