Pressures raise awareness for better professional resources Senior police figures say the lack of mental health provisions is placing an unacceptable drain on the force, prompting calls for better formulations and treatments of people with serious mental health issues. Martyn Underhill, Dorset’s police and crime commissioner, passionately called for…
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Baking is Good For Your Mental Health, Here's Why
There’s more to baking than tasty calories and impressive Instagrams In the words of The Great British Bake Off 2015 winner, Nadiya Hussain, “Food is so much more than sustenance. Food is love.” And she’s spot on. Activities such as baking, painting and knitting are known as “projection…
Number of Children Calling Childline with Suicidal Thoughts Up By 15%
Last year, Childline gave more than 60 counselling sessions for suicidal thoughts every day The number of children calling the charitable helpline, Childline [https://www.childline.org.uk/], with suicidal thoughts has risen by 15% over the past year. Of the 295,202 counselling sessions conducted by the children’s…
GREAT NEWS: Parliament to Debate Compulsory Mental Health Education in UK Schools
Circle the date in your diaries! On Monday 6 November, the government will hold a parliamentary debate on making mental health education compulsory in schools, following overwhelming support. The announcement comes after a petition by HeaducationUK [http://www.headucationuk.org/], which is spearheaded by the mental health charity, The Shaw…
Celebrity Dog Visits Alzheimer's Patients
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, an international campaign that aims to raise awareness and tackle the stigma that surrounds dementia Dementia [http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/dementia-guide/Pages/about-dementia.aspx] is a truly global issue. An estimated 46.8 million people are effected worldwide, and yet international research into…
Instagram Can Diagnose Depression "Better Than Doctors"
Research suggests the way we use social media can predict the decline of wellbeing in young people…
Do You Have a Rich Face?
Researchers claim you can tell a person’s bank balance in a matter of seconds – just by looking at them How can you spot wealthy folk? For some, it may be a Louis Vuitton handbag. For others, a flashy car. But who’s to say that bag is genuine, or…
Project aims to help psychosis in women in custody
Mind in Camden’s ‘Hearing Voices’ initiative now supporting 10 women’s prisons HMP Bronzefield, in Surrey, is set to become the tenth prison in the UK to benefit from the ‘Hearing Voices’ group support for women. Planned to run until at least 2020, Mind in Camden [http://www.mindincamden.…
Record Numbers of Calls to Police Regarding Mental Health Concerns
According to a BBC report, 115,000 calls concerning mental health were made to police between July 2016 and July 2017- equivalent to 315 a day. In the past five years, calls made to police concerning mental health issues have risen by almost a third. Calls concerned a number of…