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Mental health
Advice, support and information about the mental health crisis impacting the UK
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- HealthThe Guardian
Professionals know that mental health is complex – and that MDMA won’t help
Letters: The suggestion that the drug may be more helpful than regulated care for mental ill health is dangerous, writes Dr Rachel McNulty
- NewsThe Guardian
Tell us your experience of being signed off work with a mental health condition
We would like to hear about your experiences of being signed off work due to a mental health condition and how you found the process
- NewsThe Telegraph
Sunak: It’s unfair for benefits claimants with mild mental health conditions to get extra cash
Rishi Sunak has said it is unfair for benefits claimants with mild mental health conditions to receive hundreds of extra pounds a month from the taxpayer.
- NewsThe Independent
Three in four NHS staff are struggling with mental health, new figures reveal
Warning over NHS staff mental health as national service faced funding cuts
- HealthThe Telegraph
Covid Inquiry ‘failing to examine mental health impact of lockdown’
The Covid Inquiry has been accused of failing to examine the mental health consequences of lockdown.
- HealthThe Guardian
Review of gender services has major implications for mental health services
Cass report calls for move away from mainly medical treatment as part of dramatic shift in approach to gender dysphoria
- HealthWomen's Health UK
Exercising as a teen improves adult mental health, study proves
A new global study by ASICS of over 26,000 people uncovers a direct link between physical activity as a teenager and improved mental wellbeing in adulthood.
- NewsThe Guardian
Trans boy, 17, who killed himself on mental health ward felt ‘worthless’
Inquest hears Charlie Millers struggled with self-worth for years before self-harming in understaffed Prestwich hospital ward
- NewsThe Telegraph
Law firms urged to introduce overworking ‘trigger warnings’ to protect mental health
Law firms should introduce “trigger warnings” to protect lawyers’ mental health when working extreme hours, a senior industry figure has claimed.
- HealthThe Telegraph
Why Britain’s mental health crisis threatens to doom a new generation
Psychiatrists speak in the most dramatic terms when describing the explosion in demand for mental health services among young people.