Life after an ABI (acquired brain injury): “Understanding is what we crave”
Advice on how to process and progress following an acquired brain injury is hard to come by. What should you expect? What will change and what won't? What pace can you expect to move at? Carina Barnett writes…
Life after an ABI (acquired brain injury): Finding your new “normal”
Advice on how to process and progress following an acquired brain injury is hard to come by. What should you expect? What will change and what won't? What pace can you expect to move at? Carina Barnett writes…
Majority of school staff ‘do not have enough information to support pupils with mental health’
Over half of school staff surveyed by the mental health charity Mind have said they "feel that they do not have enough information to support pupils with poor mental health."
Where do people draw the line in supporting others with their mental health?
Mark Brown hears from individuals supporting others while struggling themselves.
Ageing addicts are missing out on specialist mental health care
Since responsibility for delivering addictions treatment has been shifted from the NHS to local government, budgets for addictions treatment have reduced by over 30 percent.
Life after an ABI (acquired brain injury): An ABC guide to good mental health
Advice on how to process and progress following an acquired brain injury is hard to come by. What should you expect? What will change and what won't? What pace can you expect to move at?
Childhood experiences of powerlessness leave their legacy
Michael O'Sullivan, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, discusses how childhood trauma affects adult experiences - and how becoming more empowered can address feelings of powerlessness.
Theresa May announces mental health policy changes for hospitals, schools and police
Teachers will be trained to spot signs of mental illness under a range of policy changes to be confirmed by departing prime minister Theresa May today.
Mental health professionals must value insight from friends, families, and carers
Joy Hibbins, who runs the charity Suicide Crisis, was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder after a friend recognised it in her. Despite another friend voicing concerns about Joy's undiagnosed traumatic grief…
Three quarters of people believe schools should offer counselling
Research by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy highlights the demand for school counselling services.