Mental health services ‘should always enquire’ whether domestic abuse has occurred
Too many survivors of domestic and sexual violence are being failed by systems meant to help them, a national commission warns.
Stand-up comedian finds therapeutic benefits in her mental health themed show
Darren Devine speak to Harriet Dyer about the therapeutic benefits of openness around mental health in the form of stand-up comedy.
PTSD prevalence research fails to recognise the scope of post-traumatic reactions
Research from King's College London highlights the prevalence of PTSD in young people, with one in 13 having experienced it before age 18. Given that the research fails to recognise…
Report highlights the unique stressors faced by healthcare students – and it’s not just Junior Doctors
The NHS Staff and Learners' Mental Wellbeing Commission has just released a report examining the mental health of healthcare students, highlighting the need for the NHS to be proactive in supporting…
Volunteering at a psychiatric hospital: “I witnessed uncomfortable truths, the good, the bad, and the very ugly”
Jessica, who lives with Borderline Personality Disorder, reflects upon her experience of volunteering at a psychiatric hospital.
Knowledge is Power in Mental Health Education
Robert Westhead discusses why a mental health curriculum that arms young people with knowledge about disorders will enable more to access treatment.
Mental health at school: Meditation and morality, or counselling and clinical care?
Repackaging Buddhism as mindfulness has caught support for school counselling trailing in the slipstream. Meanwhile the government appears torn between promoting meditation or disorder diagnosis. Mental Health Today meets the…
Transitioning from CAMHS to AMHS: is policy maturing?
Your mental health care can be disrupted when you turn 18-years-old. Philip K. Marzouk reviews new plans to address this, laid out by NHS England last month.
Modernising the Mental Health Act: A missed opportunity to address ethnic inequalities?
While last year's independent review of the mental health act raised questions of racism and discrimination, simply naming the problem doesn’t lead to an effective understanding of its nature, nor…
‘Self diagnosis trivialises severe mental disorders’
New mental health lessons are being designed to teach secondary school pupils about the "prevalence and character of common conditions". With details due to be published over the next few days, the…
