Ending ‘substituted decision making’ in crisis care: lessons from Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland law-makers have led where England and Wales may follow later this month. Addressing ‘paternal’ attitudes towards decision-making capacity proved key in Belfast, writes Colin Caughey of the Northern Ireland Human…
Here’s why the stats show couple therapy to be best remedy for depression
The latest NHS figures show that couple therapy is the most effective psychological treatment for depression and anxiety. Kate Thompson, psychotherapist at couples’ counselling specialists Tavistock Relationships, explains why.
#MHTchat: ‘signposting’ – how can we do it better?
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This is how social action can power complex-need mental health recovery
Lord Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive of Turning Point, explores how social action can help provide a service that deals with all the issues affecting an individual and can help transform lives
Less than four psychiatrists for every 100,000 children
The Government's mental health workforce plan launched last year committed to an extra 100 consultant CAMHS psychiatrists by 2021, but these new roles will not be in community CAMHS teams.
Who should come out when we dial 999 for mental health? MHT meets Dr Lucy Johnstone
If someone is feeling suicidal, we are encouraged to connect people to hospitals and doctors. However, Dr Lucy Johnstone, a clinical psychologist and author, believes society could do crisis care differently.
Bringing mental health out of the shadows in Laos
There are just two psychiatrists covering the whole of Laos, a country in south-east Asia with a population of seven million people. Dr Chantharavady Choulamany is one of them.
‘To successfully work with our anxiety we must be skilled at connecting to our body’
Author Steve Haines talks about how he believes connecting with the body can help us better regulate how we feel
CQC calls for greater collaboration to protect children’s mental health
Health care, education and public services are not working together effectively to prevent children and young people reaching ‘crisis point’ even before accessing services, says a new report published by…
‘What we learned about suicide risk from looking at how services work with suicidal thoughts’
Charity, Suicide Crisis, has examined six months' of data about deaths by suicide and wonders what this could mean for mental health services