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Icon for www.bristol.ac.ukUniversity of Bristol · Jun 12, 2024

Mental health problems

Free mental health support from the NHS, offering evidence-based talking therapies as well as advice and guidance on community services. Nilaari offers therapies for people experiencing a range of issues, including stress, worry, general anxiety ...
Icon for www.express.co.ukDaily Express · Apr 3, 2025

Audit finds 40% of NHS mental health patients languishing on waiting lists

The devastating reality of appalling NHS mental health services is laid bare in a shocking report showing people are waiting too long and not able to access care they need when they need it.
SciTechDaily · 14d

This Mental Health Fix Is Free, Natural, and Probably in Your Backyard

In just 12 weeks, nature-based activities like gardening, care farming, and mindfulness in the fresh air significantly boosted the mental health of over 200 participants in England. These community-rooted programs,
Icon for www.independent.co.ukThe Independent · Apr 4, 2025

Women are using ChatGPT as a free therapist – can AI replace mental health experts?

For many women, the appeal of ChatGPT is clear: instant, free, and always ... never be the solution to the UK’s mental health crisis, or crumbling mental-health services, it cannot replace ...
The Western Telegraph · 11d

Pembrokeshire charity opens mental health support centre

The Megan's Starr Foundation has opened centre in Milford Haven to support young people in Pembrokeshire with their mental health needs
Icon for www.bbc.comBBC · 6d

Mental health law 'won't stop detentions'

Welsh disability rights campaigners were among those who staged a protest in Westminster against what they say are significant shortcomings in UK Labour's Mental Health Bill. The UK government ...
Icon for www.yorkpress.co.ukThe Press · 6d

Luke Charters calls for review of mental health services by NHS trust

A York MP has met with the health secretary and called for a review of mental health services provided by an ... you can call them for free, at any time, from any phone, on 116 123.
Icon for www.bbc.co.ukBBC · Apr 4, 2025

Mental health services need to improve - coroner

An inquest has found that mental health services need a more "assertive" approach when dealing with vulnerable patients after the body of a mentally ill woman was found in woodland. Claire Driver ...
Icon for www.independent.co.ukThe Independent · 5d

Headteachers across the UK are facing mental health crisis, new poll reveals

School leaders are facing a mental health ... on their mental health. “From crippling workload, fuelled by picking up the slack after years of under-investment in public services, to the ...
Icon for www.alzheimers.org.ukAlzheimer's Society · Feb 12, 2025

Sections of the Mental Health Act for people with dementia

Some sections of the Mental Health Act may be relevant to people with dementia and ... Section 117 of the Act deals with aftercare services. These are the services that a person must be given when they are discharged from detention for treatment under ...
Icon for www.mirror.co.ukThe Mirror · Apr 4, 2025

Frankie Bridge shares heartbreaking mental health revelation 'I couldn't breathe'

you can speak to a trained advisor from Mind mental health charity on 0300 123 3393 or email info@mind.org.uk. If you're struggling and need to talk, the Samaritans operate a free helpline open 24 ...
Icon for www.chroniclelive.co.ukEvening Chronicle · 17d

DWP issues PIP update for benefit claimants with mental health conditions and autism

The DWP has outlined the impact PIP changes could have on people with mental ... Live with our free newsletter "The PIP assessment considers the needs arising from a long-term health condition ...
Icon for www.bbc.comBBC · 29d

Large rise in NI universities' mental health spending since Covid

The amount of money Northern Ireland universities are spending on mental health and wellbeing services for students ... It said it operated a free and confidential, permanently-staffed student ...
Icon for www.expressandstar.comExpress & Star · 8d

Mental health inquiry into patient deaths to hear from health and safety execs

Our loved ones cannot rest in peace until the truth about the mental health failings is exposed. “If the inquiry does nothing to change the poor services, people will continue to be abused ...
Icon for www.telegraph.co.ukThe Daily Telegraph · 5d

Mental health

Over a million British men suffer from low testosterone – here’s how to know if you’re one of them Up to 30 per cent of British men may suffer from it – could treating male menopause ...