Technology will revolutionise mental health care – but only if we put people at the centre
Claudia Martinez is Research Manager at independent public services think tank, Reform. She recently authored a paper on the potential of data-driven technology for mental healthcare. In this article for Mental…
Is Boris Johnson correct to claim work is cost-effective therapy for preventing mental illness?
Boris Johnson claimed during campaigning to become Prime Minister that work is both cost-effective and therapeutic for mental health. Is he right? Mental Health Knowledge profiles the costs and outcomes recorded…
Why child to parent violence is an overlooked challenge
Child to parent violence is an often overlooked and stigmatised form of family violence. Here, Helen Bonnick, a consultant, speaker, and trainer, tells Mental Health Today why this phenomenon is likely…
Life imitates art: how “The Walking Dead” informs our response to loss and grief
Michael O'Sullivan, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist in Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, writes for Mental Health Today about how examining "The Walking Dead" through the lens of Compassion Focussed Therapy…
Will Boris Johnson’s new government support the mental health of the Windrush Generation?
Patrick Vernon makes the case for a national health and wellbeing programme to confront the post-traumatic impact of the self-styled “hostile environment” policies imposed by government upon the Windrush Generation…
‘Boris Johnson must introduce new Mental Health Bill in his first Queen’s Speech’
The new prime minister has suggested employers will receive tax breaks if they support staff mental health under his government. Wendy Burn, the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, says bolstering the…
Can we aim higher than single-sex mental health wards?
A writer of non-binary gender, with lived experience of sexual violence and hospitalisation for their mental health, makes the case for co-designed safe spaces.
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An autism diagnosis saved my life, but not before the Mental Health Act almost ended it
Hope Lightowler describes her experiences before and after diagnosis, in an exclusive extract from Responsive Communication, a new book showcasing techniques for recognising and supporting people living with sensory issues.
The DSM and the ICD: do “equivalent” diagnoses between manuals exist?
Today, the two most widely established systems of psychiatric classification are the Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM) and the International Classification for Diseases (ICD). Despite each being as…
