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Despite the overarching influence of the traditional categorical diagnostic system for mental health...

55 million people worldwide are living with dementia. In the UK alone, that...

International psychiatric reform, community-based care and social integration of people with psychosis into...

Third sector and NHS healthcare experts to unite at historic summit and pledge...

I think back to a recent interview with a national mental health research...

The number of people experiencing difficulties with eating disorders has sharply increased since...

One of the demanding puzzles yet to solve in academia and beyond is...

The word ‘immigration’ has become a buzzword in an increasingly polarised political landscape,...

Hip-hop as a music genre has become globally prominent with its reach crossing...

There has been growing concern about the influence social media may have in...

Throughout my training as a medical student and junior doctor, I’ve been taught...

Collective Voice is seeking to appoint three new independent trustees to join its...

A public health emergency is occurring in England – each year thousands of...

Ukrainians fleeing war in their country are entitled to free access of public...

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is recommended as the key therapy for adults with...

The timing of being asked to write this blog coincided with the publication...

The recent article by Prof Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE et al. (2022) provides a...

Digital health technologies have been hailed as holding great potential to augment traditional...

In this excellent article, Drew et al (2021) address the important and under-researched...

Videoconference (VC) based psychotherapy offers an alternative to face-to-face therapy and increases accessibility....

Where we have come from As is often the case, support for people...

When I type mental health related keywords into well-known app stores, I see...

In the past 10 years, the number of people living alone in the...

Multiracial individualsthose who identify with at least two racial categories–are one of the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced mental health providers to move their therapies online....

Self-disclosure refers to the ability to communicate and share intimate personal feelings and...

Out of concern that the stressors of the COVID-19 pandemic would exacerbate the...

“You are not a real woman!” “Whatever you have in your pants must...

“The arts therapies” refers to forms of psychotherapy that allow participants to practice...

There is continuing public concern over the North American Opioid Crisis (Anon et...

While young people with an arising or established mental health problem will need...

Within the context of mental health services, peer support describes a relationship between...

Rates of depression and anxiety in young people have been increasing in recent...

Every year, around 700,000 people die by suicide worldwide (World Health Organisation, 2021)....

Mental health services users have been advocating for greater involvement in research that...

More than a quarter of us will experience an anxiety disorder at some...

The social worker has been a key part of community mental health teams...

In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (TSI) people are the traditional custodians...

It has been about 2 years since the COVID-19 pandemic started, which continues...

Working with trauma survivors has long been recognised as having a potentially profound...

Seven years ago I started my undergraduate degree in politics and international relations...

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities today published 2020/21 statistics for substance...

“What could the system do better? Listen to us. Believe us.” Our latest...

The English Substance Use Commissioners’ Group was set up in 2020 as a...

The statistics on alcohol-specific deaths in the UK in 2020 show a shocking...

Today’s announcement shows the Government is serious about righting the wrong of nearly...

A new drugs strategy offers the chance for the Government to right the...

In Making Rehab Work, Phoenix Futures has produced a comprehensive analysis of the...

The 2020/21 drug and alcohol treatment data released today covers a uniquely challenging...

At a time of significant opportunity to renew the treatment and recovery field...

Living with Bipolar Loved Ones: Four Virtues to Cultivate for Healthy, Lasting Relationships...

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