Government plans to restrict people’s entitlements to disability benefits will only put people at risk while doing nothing to boost economic activity.
Andy Bell describes the distinction between mental health awareness and literacy, and why narratives that minimise people’s mental health struggles can be so harmful.
Escalating mental health problems among young people and long waits fuel rise in rise in levels of school absence.
Ed argues that the Government needs to opt for addressing the rise in mental ill health by reducing poverty and discrimination, and improving access to the opportunities people need to live healthier lives.
The Prime Minister’s views on mental health and work are not based on robust evidence, and could lead to policies and practices that do more harm than good.
In his final piece as our writer in residence, Andrew K Kauffmann explores his experience as part of the “sandwich generation” – caring for a young child while also supporting an ageing parent with Alzheimer’s, and the mix of emotions and challenges that come with the terrain.
We explored how to build the mental health workforce we need to meet rising demands.
Through changes to training, employment and staff support, the NHS can build the mental health workforce we will need in the years to come.
The Centre’s Senior Economist, Frederico Cardoso, discusses a major new report that has broken new ground in assessing the social and economic costs of mental ill health.
New research finds that the economic and social costs of mental ill health in England reached £300 billion in 2022.
