Making a name for dementia: a national challenge
More than half of people with dementia never receive a formal diagnosis and GPs – as well as the public – have a major role to play in improving this…
Reducing depression part of Olympic legacy for SWLSTG
South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust is to begin an innovative new project using exercise to treat depression after receiving £5,000 funding.
Mental Health Minimum Dataset reports to go monthly
The Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMDS) is to start producing data collection and releases monthly, the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has confirmed.
Call for employers to do more to support the mental health of staff facing redundancy
Employers and administrators of troubled businesses should be doing more to support the mental health of employees facing redundancy, a charity has claimed.
Hertfordshire NHS Trust granted University Trust status
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT), the main provider of mental health and learning disability services in the county, has become only the third mental health organisation in the country…
Students receive suicide support from CAMIAD
Teachers and lecturers at universities and colleges throughout the UK are being prioritised in a new bid to help reduce the number of suicides and mental breakdown among debt-stressed students.
Pilot launched to deliver mental health training to GP surgeries
A pilot scheme has been launched in GP surgeries in Lewisham and North Staffordshire to improve healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and behaviour around mental health.
Mental health has been the subject on everyone’s minds in 2012, what’s next?
Sue Baker from anti-stigma campaign Time to Change looks back at mental health in the public eye in 2012, and reveals her hopes for the coming year.
Don’t believe the hype
African and Caribbean people can be reluctant to talk openly about mental health issues, but a music and arts festival is aiming to encourage them to open up, says Sandra…
Most people with a mental health problem lose friends as a result, survey finds
Three quarters of people who experience mental health problems say they lose friends as a result of their illness, a survey has found.