Checkmates: a life-size chess set is on tour, bridging loneliness and suicide
Large sections of society need an ice breaker to re-engage, before it's too late. The man behind a novel concept touring the country this summer explains all...
Public invited to shape research into ethnic inequalities and mental health
Survey results will inform strategies to tackle mental health inequalities.
New Liberty Protection Safeguards will prioritise timely care of the vulnerable
The Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill reached parliament last week. New legislation can complement revisions to the Mental Health Act, writes Professor Sir Simon Wessely.
Childhood sexual abuse and mental health: there are many more like Whitney
Access to a therapeutic relationship is the most important part of the healing process after experiencing sexual abuse, writes Dawn Estefan.
One in six people with money problems have had suicidal thoughts
Half of British adults with a debt problem has a mental health problem, according to the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute.
Exclusive – NHS Digital: ‘Monitoring rising shock therapy is no longer a priority’
As many as one in twelve patients detained under the Mental Health Act are subjected to an electrically-induced seizure when they’ve experienced racing distress, or have heard voices, often after profound experiences.
Minorities ‘often more receptive’ to Southern African talking therapy approach
Over the last five years The Tree of Life has been deployed by Mental Health Trusts across the UK and other parts of the world, to support people who have experienced…
Non-contact ‘boxing therapy’ breeding optimism in Bristol’s young
The Empire Fighting Chance charity builds an intensive and holistic 20 week programme around the individual, created by a psychologist, which combines non-contact boxing with mentoring.
32 women die following restraint
Previous research by Agenda, as part of its Women in Mind mental health campaign, showed one in five women and girls were physically restrained in mental health units.
Acceptance: ‘Pain is inevitable but suffering can be optional through CBT’
We are not our thoughts, just the thinkers of them, argues CBT therapist Michael O'Sullivan.