Dr Sara Tai is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Director of the Psychoactive Substances Research Unit at the University of Manchester (PSRUUM), and Lead Investigator of Clerkenwell Health’s ...

New evidence suggests a 65% increase in demand for private counselling services since 2016, after studies show that mental health trusts are receiving less funding in 2016 than they did in 2012. 2,129 ...

Mental health advocate Graham Morgan, recalls his journey as a 'young radical' distrustful of mental health professionals, to a grassroots campaigner working with the workers who shared his vision. In ...

With the current heatwave we are experiencing comes a not very commonly known risk: temperature dysregulation as a result of antidepressants and antipsychotics. It’s easy to get caught up in the ...

Words are powerful, they tell us what something is, how to respond to it, how to feel towards it and so being aware of how and when we use them is essential. There are few other topics where this is ...

Kings College London’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience in conjunction with Duke University in the US has conducted research into a link between air pollution and an increased risk ...

The findings form part of a recently published study in The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which considered the factors that could contribute to developing dementia. The ...

Ex-prisoners having just finished their sentence are frequently being sectioned under the Mental Health Act – what does this tell us about prisoners, punishment, and rehabilitation in the criminal ...

Grassroot domestic abuse federation Women’s Aid has launched their national campaign ‘Deserve To Be Heard’, urging the government to listen to the voices of survivors and act on the devastating impact ...

Since the one-year anniversary of the start of the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown, a plethora of survey results, longitudinal studies and analysis on mental health have been released. Last week, The ...

Julie Bass, chief executive of health and social care organisation Turning Point, writes that the unique mental health challenges posed by the pandemic require innovative solutions, and especially to ...

The past year has proven something that none can deny, by and for charitable organisations that provide support for their respective communities have been essential. Nowhere is this more true than ...