Self-help books to be prescribed to help people with moderate mental health problems
A new scheme allowing GPs and mental health professionals to prescribe self-help books to people experiencing mild to moderate mental health conditions has been launched across England.
Researchers move step closer to Alzheimer’s blood test
Researchers in Spain have taken a step closer to finding a blood test to help in the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
Widespread concern among AMHP lead officers over access to mental health crisis services
People with urgent mental health conditions are being detained for too long in police cells and at hospital accident and emergency units due to a shortage of specialised services and…
Paying attention to ADHD
Clinicians and parents are often reluctant to give medication to pre-school children showing symptoms of ADHD, but psychosocial alternatives may provide an answer; Mary Salmon reports
Graduation ceremony for first peer mentors in mental health
A group of mental health service have gained a nationally-recognised qualification after becoming peer mentors.
Computerised CBT can have positive effect on depression, study finds
Computerised cognitive behavioural therapy that does not use a human psychotherapist can have a positive effect on people experiencing depression, a small-scale study has found.
Avatars help people with schizophrenia to silence voices in trial study
Using avatars can help to treat people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia who hear voices, a University College of London study has suggested.
DSM-5 will cause “confusion, chaos and distress” say Anxiety UK
The new fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) will cause “confusion, chaos and distress” mental health charity Anxiety UK has claimed.
Administrators brought in to run Mental Health Care
Residential mental health care charity Mental Health Care Ltd, which operates 2 homes in the northeast of England, has gone into administration.
Government must look to reform work capability assessment
The Appeal Court’s decision last week to rule that the work capability assessment (WCA) for employment and support allowance (ESA) disadvantages people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism…