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mental health

October 16, 2018

Benefit sanctions and conditions 'pushing disabled people further from employment'

Researchers say psychological model of behaviour change that underpins conditionality and sanctioning is fundamentally flawed.
October 15, 2018

Prisoners 'dying preventable deaths', says Prisons Ombudsman

Evidence from death investigations underlined the urgent need for national strategies and support for struggling prisons.
October 11, 2018

Inspectorate finds HMP Exeter to be 'very violent'

HMP Exeter, holding more than 400 men from across the south west of England, was found by inspectors to be “very violent”, with widespread illicit drug use and poor living conditions apparently regarded by staff as normal.
October 10, 2018

Non-teaching staff should be trained to spot signs of mental ill-health outside the classroom, says RSA

Schools should train non-teaching as well as teaching staff to spot signs of mental ill-health outside the classroom, a study says, amid concerns of the impact of social media on pupils’ wellbeing, says a study from the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).
October 8, 2018

Helping South Sudan's demobilised child soldiers come to terms with the past

In South Sudan’s Yambio county, child soldiers who were forced to fight during the country’s long civil war are being demobilised. Some struggle with all that they have experienced. Médecins Sans Frontières is running a mental health support programme to help the children come to terms with their experiences as they reintegrate in their communities.
October 1, 2018

Inquest into self-inflicted death of Luke McDonnell at HMP Lincoln begins

The inquest will examine issues around risk assessment and the management of Luke McDonnell's mental health at HMP Lincoln.
September 29, 2018

Report shows people with severe mental illness have significantly worse physical health

People with severe mental illness have worse physical health than the general population, with the greatest inequalities seen among younger people.
September 27, 2018

Inquest concludes into self-inflicted death of Matthew Gray at HMP Norwich

Matthew was the first of three young prisoners to die at HMP Norwich between March and July last year.
September 24, 2018

NHS Scotland report expresses concerns on austerity and mortality trends

NHS Scotland unable to reject austerity and welfare reform as contributing to the change in mortality.
September 17, 2018

Millions of young women being let down in workplace, says new report

A major new report from Young Women’s Trust has found that millions of women continue to lose out in the workplace – and mental health inequalities have got worse.