10 October 2018
Young people in a changing world on World Mental Health Day: Putting evidence into practice
Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year its focus is on ‘children and young people in a changing world’. The mental health needs of children and young people have perhaps never been more prominent or newsworthy. Every day we see more headlines about rising levels of distress among children and young people
1 October 2018
Whose best interest? Advance Decisions and collaboration in coercive environments
Owen looks at the purpose of Advance Decisions to empower people at their most powerless
25 September 2018
Speaking from experience: shaping the Mental Health Act Review
Dr Sarah Markham shares her experience of being on the Service User and Carer Group of the Mental Health Act Review
18 September 2018
Anxiety, loneliness and Fear of Missing Out: The impact of social media on young people’s mental health
Rhys shares his view on the impact of social media on mental health
6 September 2018
Tele-therapy and veterans’ mental health: The future of service provision?
Harry Palmer takes a closer look at new findings from Combat Stress funded by the Mental Health Research Programme
23 August 2018
Action not words: Why mental health care needs to change
In a hard-hitting personal account, one writer argues that change in mental health will require more than just talk
14 August 2018
Rethinking statutory roles in the Mental Health Act
Dr Jenny Oates questions how we recruit Responsible Clinicians to alleviate workforce pressure and give people the best care
2 August 2018
Disadvantage and inequality: it’s time to stop ignoring “difficult” mental health challenges
New trustee André Tomlin explains why he’s joining our mission to make mental health equality a reality
31 July 2018
Mental health and older people – time to make some noise
Toby Williamson looks at the ‘little Cinderella’ of mental health
25 July 2018
A long way to equality
Norman Lamb MP on some of the recent triumphs and failings of the NHS in mental health
20 July 2018
Speak up: My experience of mental health nursing
Chief Executive Sarah Hughes wrote for #MHNursingFuture about the impact of a mental health nurse on her recovery from postnatal depression
6 July 2018
The NHS at 70: A mental health worker at 60
Jonathan Wells looks back at the decades of change in mental health care from his perspective as a social worker