LATEST BLOGS
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15 August 2024
Podcast: Kadra Abdinasir
Kadra Abdinasir, the Centre’s Associate Director of Policy, sits down with Thea to unpack the first few weeks of the new Government and what the policy announcements so far mean for mental health.
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6 August 2024
Beyond words: Why language matters for social security and mental health
Nick and Andy outline the need to move towards more compassionate language around benefits and call for a reform of the current benefits system.
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1 August 2024
No safe place in mind: mental health and trauma in Gaza
Holly, Zainab, Julia and Nick look at how dire conditions in Gaza are affecting Palestinians’ mental health
LATEST PUBLICATIONS
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24 July 2024
A dual crisis
This report explores the impact of poverty and benefit conditionality on the mental health of parents and children.
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16 July 2024
More than the sum of our parts
This report explores how collaboration between local stakeholders can lead to more effective and equitable support for people living with a mental illness.
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14 May 2024
Policies for better mental health
This report calls for the Government to implement a mental health policy test to measure the mental health impact of policies before they’re adopted.
LATEST NEWS
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5 August 2024
Our response to the recent racist and Islamophobic violence taking place across the UK
We stand in solidarity with people from racialised communities and all those who have been impacted by the racist and Islamophobic violence happening across the country over the last week.
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24 July 2024
Reform benefits system to protect children’s mental health, say charities
New research shows that inadequate levels of benefits and the use of sanctions are driving family poverty and damaging the mental health of both parents and children.
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17 July 2024
Centre for Mental Health welcomes King’s Speech commitment to modernise the Mental Health Act
We’ve responded to the King’s Speech, welcoming plans to modernise the Mental Health Act, ban conversion practices, introduce a child poverty strategy, and create a smokefree generation.