Flaws in the disability benefits system were “the predominant factor and the only acute factor” that led to a young disabled mother taking her own life, a coroner has concluded. Gordon Clow, assistant coroner for...
Behind closed bedroom doors, a teenage mental health crisis is brewing
Britain’s schools shutdown risks creating a generation of angry, withdrawn young people. Who will pick up the pieces? Read the full article on this link to The Guardian Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X...
Serious mental health conditions in children up 50 per cent in three years
A dramatic rise in serious mental health conditions in children over the last three years has been revealed in a damning report by the children’s commissioner for England. Read the full article on this link to Children...
Three quarters of schools struggling to support SEND children covid lockdown
Schools are finding it increasingly difficult to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) amid the Covid-19 health crisis, research has found. Among special educational needs coordinators...
Long-awaited Mental Health Act overhaul bids to empower patients and tackle racial disparities
White Paper sets out plan to implement much of 2018 review of act including enabling people to nominate a person to help with care decisions and express advance preferences for treatment. Read the full article on this...
How Black and ethnic minority mental health patients’ cultural needs frequently go unmet
Ward staff can mistakenly see religious beliefs as symptoms of mental illness and lack confidence in meeting cultural needs, but better training and effective assessments, using the social model, can help, finds...
