Guidance: Help is at Hand for anyone bereaved by suicide
People who have been bereaved by suicide have used their experiences to lead the revision of a support guide to help others affected by someone taking their own life. Help
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Tag: Mental Health
Sir Chris Hoy launches new sports based mental health initiative
Sir Chris Hoy let his arms rather than his legs do the work as he started a climb to launch a mental health initiative. Britain’s most successful Olympian was at
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Psychological therapies practice guide for learning disabilities
The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme aims to provide equitable access to NICE-recommended psychological therapies to people from all sectors of the community. There is evidence that people
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Mental health research spending needs doubled or tripled, say experts
Spending on mental health research needs to be doubled or tripled in the UK in order to ease the enormous burden of psychiatric and behavioural disorders on society, according to
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Make or break for NHS as ex-Care Minister warns of ‘crash’ within two years
The NHS faces a “make or break” financial crisis within two years unless the Government orders an immediate multibillion pound cash injection, a former health minister has claimed. In a
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BASW call for service users to take a lead role in mental health debate
Following a week in Westminster where mental health has been a hot topic, the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) says service users need to be placed in a central
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‘World leading’ mental health trauma service to be set up in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Health Minister Simon Hamilton has announced the setting up of a world leading mental health service to provide high quality effective treatment for people experiencing trauma related mental
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Corbyn challenges PM on housing, tax credits and mental health in first PMQs
New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn lived up to his campaign pledge of “a new kind of politics” by crowd-sourcing his first appearance at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of
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Corbyn creates ‘Minister for Mental Health’ role as shadow cabinet announced
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Liverpool Wavertree Labour MP, Luciana Berger, as his ‘Minister for Mental Health’ to his shadow cabinet, Labour has announced. The post is a new creation of
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Antidepressants linked to increased risk of violent behaviour in young people
Common antidepressants have been linked to an increased risk of young people committing violent crimes. A Swedish study found that taking the drugs, known as selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs,)
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