Mental health detention reaches record high
Figures from NHS Digital have revealed that the number of applications to detain people with mental health issues, dementia or learning difficulties for their own safety are the highest on…
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Mental health crisis in the UK
A survey by the NHS has found that mental health services in England risk being over-run. The survey by NHS Providers assessed that the reasons were down to rising demand…
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Men less likely to seek medical support for a mental health condition…
The Mental Health Foundation has found as part of its recent analysis that 28 per cent of men did not seek medical support for a mental health condition compared to 19 per cent of women. A survey conducted by YouGov polling…
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Greater action and leadership needed to help people with SMI…
A joint report published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges has set out the ‘essential actions’ needed to improve the physical health of…
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Skin conditions heavily impact patient mentality, new study finds…
Proving what most people with skin conditions have realised for quite some time, a new digital study carried out by the Happiness Research Institute and LEO Innovation Lab has confirmed…
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Mental health services ‘not considering women’s needs’, campaigners warn…
According to the results of a ‘Freedom of Information’ request released by Agenda – an alliance of more than 60 organisations campaigning for women and children at risk – mental…
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Mental healthcare for young people considered ‘inadequate’ by seven in 10 nurses…
A poll conducted by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) for The Guardian has discovered that seven out of 10 specialist nurses believe the NHS services currently in place to care for the growing number of young…
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Guest Blog, Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg: Enhancing the wellbeing of mental health workers…
Clinical director and consultant psychiatrist Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg, medical director of two Priory Group hospitals and clinical director of the Priory’s high street Wellbeing Centres, provides her top tips…
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Industry Spotlight: Multiple concerns over mental health services for young people, new studies claim…
Though I must acknowledge that shortages across the board is placing a tremendous pressure on the mental health sector, I find it to be outrageous that children are continually turned away from receiving professional…
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