Rise in prisoners moved to mental health hospitals

September, 2016

 More prisoners are being diagnosed with mental health problems requiring hospital treatment, official figures obtained by the Guardian show. The number of male prisoners being transferred to hospital under the 1983 Mental Health Act grew by more than 20% between 2011 and 2014 in England and Wales, said the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in response to
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Mental health support for new mothers and pregnant women ‘inadeqaute’

September, 2016

Scotland is falling behind other parts of the UK in caring for the mental health of pregnant women and new mothers, according to an expert group.The panel, which includes health, charity and education professionals, has called for more investment to tackle a “fragmented and inadequate” level of support. Research shows that around 20% of women
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Mental illness flourishes in high-pressure workplace

September, 2016

Dave Lee reached a crunch point in 2006. He had built his way up and made a good career in construction, reaching the level of contracts manager, despite an unpromising start in which he spent his teenage years in and out of jail. But even as the Brighton-based builder apparently made a success of his
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Call For More Crisis Centres As Suicide Rates Soar

September, 2016

The number of suicides in England and Wales has hit a 15-year high, according to the latest figures. identifiedA total of 5,199 people took their own lives in 2015 – a rise year on year over the last five. The number of men killing themselves is also three times higher than women, although the figure
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Can apps improve your mental wellbeing?

September, 2016

To the smartphone-addled among us, advising the use of apps to fix mental health problems might seem like telling someone who needs to get fit to live on jam and fags. But it’s happening all the same. While gadget and social media addiction are lampooned for increasing teenage depression, and complaints abound that the constant
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Railway heroes save over 1,000 lives on Britain’s rail network in just a year

September, 2016

Railway staff, police officers and members of the public have saved over 1,100 people in 2015/16, having intervened in potential suicide attempts on Britain’s railway. That’s according to figures released by Network Rail. 112 of these are in Network Rail’s Wessex region, which stretches from Waterloo to Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset. I Stuart Kistruck, route
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‘People are dying’: Scotland’s mental health crisis exposed by campaign

September, 2016

SCOTLAND is facing a mental health crisis and people are dying because they are not offered the right support in time, campaigners claim. Online campaigning organisation 38 Degrees, which has received more than 10,000 responses to its call for submissions to the Scottish Government’s mental health consultation, said the stories of ordinary Scots – several
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Brighton mental health charity launches free suicide prevention app

September, 2016

A Brighton mental health charity has developed what is believed to be the first suicide prevention free mobile phone app called StayAlive . The charity, Grassroots, aims to raise £20,000 to improve vital support for vulnerable people at risk of taking their lives. It is starting its crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds on World Suicide Prevention Day 2016 today
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Calls for more help for parents experiencing perinatal depression in Wales

September, 2016

A charity that supports men and women with perinatal depression is calling for specialist mother and baby units in Wales. PANDAS Foundation is highlighting the issue at the launch of the first national awareness week in the UK. It comes after a recent survey of parents found many suffer with suicidal thoughts and say there’s
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’10 minutes a day of quality mental health education could have a significant impact on pupils, teachers and school culture’

September, 2016

It’s time schools were given something tangible and useful to allow them to realistically provide what is being asked of them, writes for the former DfE mental health tsar On Friday, the Self-Esteem Team launched:  Letters to Tess , a relentless campaign which will see us write to the prime minister every single day for a year, or
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Rise in girls’ unhappiness sparks call for more mental health support

August, 2016

Report comes as research shows nursery school children worry about being ‘fat’ and ‘ugly’ Girls are becoming increasingly distressed, with more than a quarter of a million girls now saying they are unhappy with their lives, according to new research . The Good Childhood Report, produced by The Children’s Society and the University of York, highlights a growing gender gap in
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More than third of teenage girls in England suffer depression and anxiety

August, 2016

Depression and anxiety have risen among teenage girls in England, with more than a third reporting symptoms of distress, although the rates are stable among teenage boys, according to a major survey of 14-year-olds carried out for the Department for Education. Among the girls, 37% reported feeling unhappy, worthless or unable to concentrate, more than twice the
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Mother’s March on Westminster

March, 2016

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Samaritans Reissue Guidelines on Responsible Reporting of Suicide

March, 2016

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Government Launches New Suicide Prevention Strategy

March, 2016

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Rise in Suicides Blamed on Impact of Recession

March, 2016

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Charity calls for better mental health support for parents

September, 2016

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