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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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.
Voluntary sector partnerships can transform support for people with mental health problems, says new report
Partnerships between the NHS and local voluntary sector-led ‘alliances’ can help improve care for people living with a mental illness.
The ‘machinery of government’ for a mentally healthier nation
Andy Bell explains how the new Government can improve mental health by committing to a cross government mental health plan, embedding a mental health policy test and appointing a mental health commissioner.
Learning from the mental health alliances – Case study: Coventry and Warwickshire
Findings from our research project on local mental health alliances
Learning from the mental health alliances – Case study: North East Lincolnshire
Findings from our research project on local mental health alliances
Learning from the mental health alliances – Case study: Sheffield
Findings from our research project on local mental health alliances
Learning from the mental health alliances – Case study: Tower Hamlets
Findings from our research project on local mental health alliances
Prison reform can go hand-in-hand with action for better mental health, says Centre for Mental Health
The new Government must commit to prison reform to tackle overcrowded prisons, high suicide rates and improve support for people’s mental health.
Podcast: Venus Madden
Venus Madden tells us about her experiences of miscarriage and postnatal depression, as well as the impact of moving to the UK from Hong Kong as a teenager.