Samaritans has released new figures showing the extent of loneliness and isolation people feel over the festive period, with nearly a quarter (23.6%) believing problems feel worse at Christmas and
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The gap between what the Government pledges to do to tackle mental health problems and the reality for patients on the ground is “growing wider”, Labour has claimed. Luciana Berger,
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Experts have called for basic checks about expectant mothers’ previous mental health problems after a new report showed there has been no significant change in the number of indirect maternal
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Research in Practice (RiP) have published a series of new publications which examine how we can meaningfully involve children and young people, gain a better understanding of adolescent mental health,
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Nottingham Trent University BA (Hons) Social Work student Lauren Hunt talks about her experience of supporting Carnival Mad 15, an event which aims to raise awareness of mental health and
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Today, 1st December marks the launch of the See Me/Iriss Change Network Toolkit. In 2015, See Me, Iriss and the Scottish Mental Health Co-operative brought together a group of peer
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Powerful “skunk weed” cannabis causes significant damage to vital nerve fibres linking the two halves of the brain, a study has found. The damage occurs in the corpus callosum, the
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The Scottish Government have announced an improvement programme which aims to help health boards reduce waiting times for mental health services. The programme will work with health boards to support
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Northern Ireland Health Minister, Simon Hamilton, has today reiterated his commitment to establishing a comprehensive Mental Trauma Service in Northern Ireland. The Minister was speaking at the ‘Treating the Trauma
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Wales’ Child and Adolescent mental health services are falling short of standards according to early research findings published this week. The findings were reported at the launch of Observatory@Bangor, the
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