MHA reform is our ‘one chance’ to tailor ethnic minority care and transform safeguards
The Mental Health Act is currently under independent review, with recommendations for change due to be revealed in December. MHT writers of colour have contributed their proposals as to how the…
Caring for parents carries a unique burden in families of East Asian heritage
Admitting to feeling the strain of caring for a parent is considered "disobedient" in Confucianism, a culture embedded in many families of East Asian heritage. The diaspora's mental health needs risk…
How you can help me once I’ve recovered from mental illness
I recently rang my sister and she didn’t pick up. When she then kept ringing me back and I wasn’t able to answer, she started panicking that I had had…
LGBT mental healthcare inequalities face government inquiry
Almost one in five LGBT people have a negative experience of accessing public health services because of their sexual orientation and one in three because of their gender identity.
Mental health austerity has ended, fact-checkers find
New planning guidance issued by the NHS in February contained a requirement for Clinical Commissioning Groups to comply with ring fencing mental health spend from 2018/2019 onwards.
Gaming’s mental health impact is being ‘sensationalised’
The impact of gaming on mental health is being overplayed, it is claimed.
Here’s how to support the mental health of people with learning disabilities
People with intellectual disabilities may not appear unhappy or sad.
Is there a shortcut to CBT?
Any shortcut we can take which allows us to pick up the essentials of cognitive behavioural therapy may be worthwhile, argues Michael O'Sullivan.
In praise of assertiveness
Michael O'Sullivan writes about the fundamental importance of assertiveness.
The richest countries struggle with mental health provision too – look at China
China leads the 'BRICS' countries of emerging powerful economies gathering in South Africa this week. Rebecca Holmes profiles its mental health services.
