Mental health care responses are failing LGBT people – some ideas…

LGBT mental health responses need to be tailored and shaped by 'role models'.

Jennifer Richards

Simon Wessely: ‘ECT is in my own advance directive’

Professor Simon Wessely, chair of this year's Mental Health Act review, discusses issues including treatment preferences, advance notices and consent in an exclusive interview with Mental Health Today. 

Barney Cullum

Two in five GPs have a mental health problem

Mind surveyed 1066 GPs in England and Wales about their mental health.

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Challenging narratives: What is The Power Threat Meaning Framework?

How should we understand our mental health needs? A new approach has been unveiled this year.

Mark Brown

The criminal justice system is looking at mental health again – will it use the right lens?

Psychologist Peter Kinderman tells Hardeep Matharu it is simplistic to see criminality and mental health as binary concepts.

Hardeep Matharu

Why anger and guilt can be two sides of the same coin – and how to forgive

When guilt becomes unbearable, we may protect ourselves through anger and blame others for how we feel, writes therapist Michael O'Sullivan.

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Did Love Island spawn a nation of psychologists?

A psychosexual therapist looks at the societal impact of the popular but contentious TV series.

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Hoarding: how and when should you take down people’s ‘walls of safety’?

Kayley Hyman, mental health specialist at the Salvation Army, discusses how to support and deliver trauma-informed interventions.

Kayley Hyman

Ellie Soutter died on her 18th birthday: we need to talk about sport’s pressures

The stakes are high for young people embarking on a potential career in professional sport. What mental health challenges are common and how can individuals be better supported?

Cris Andrews

Here’s why your therapist being a ‘blank screen’ is a good thing

Nadine Moore discusses why not knowing that much about your therapist is probably for the best.

Nadine Moore