Who cares for the carers? A proposal for a body to provide care to caring professionals
A proposal for an independent umbrella body to provide telephone, online and face-to-face mental health support to health and social care professionals in the public sector. By Martin Seager and…
Editors’ blog: Progressing mental health care and MHT together
There's a new way to support both Mental Health Today and improved mental health care for all.
We need to do more to prevent people who are mentally ill from dying in prison
In this guest blog, Joy Hibbins from Suicide Crisis explains that much more is needed to help people with mental illness avoid ending up in prison – especially preventative work…
‘For Post-natal depression awareness week I’m ready to get back to joy’
This post-natal depression awareness week, I’ve been thinking about how much has changed for me in just one year.
‘Maintaining my job is crucial to my dignity and identity’
Rae Ritchie explores how difficult it is to maintain a career when also juggling a mental health condition ...
What does a mental health at work plan look like?
The government last week welcomed evidence proving that hundreds of thousands of people leave their jobs due to unresolved mental health issues, but what does an effective mental health at work…
Soaring drug addiction fatalities are a problem psychiatry can address
The number of people dying from drug 'abuse' has doubled in four years.
‘When I’m struggling I find it easier to connect with strangers’
As the festive season approaches when many experience loneliness Rae Ritche looks at the difficulties of connecting with others ...
‘Never stop a plan halfway through it’
This week will see the NHS make plans following last week's Budget. The Royal College of Psychiatrists are fighting the corner for mental health services, emphasising that people with serious mental health…
‘Young people deserve an emotional not just academic education’
Prevention is better than cure when it comes to Children and Young Peoples Mental Health. It needs to be funded and delivered differently says Councillor Ian Cruise – Shadow Mental Health…
