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mental health

October 7, 2017

Mental health charity pilots 'Shopper Stopper'

The Money and Mental Health Policy Institute has asked online retail and finance industry bosses to introduce ‘personalised controls’ to better support millions of impulse shoppers with mental health problems.
September 7, 2017

Young people want social media giants to do more to stop cyberbullying

More than eight in 10 young people think social media companies should do more to tackle cyberbullying on their platforms, according to a poll by charities YoungMinds and The Children’s Society.
August 9, 2017

Problems accessing everday services for people with a mental health condition

Citizens Advice research highlights difficulties accessing everyday services for people with a mental health diagnosis.
May 20, 2017

Only one in four people with long-term mental illness in work, says TUC

Only one in four (26.2 per cent) people with a mental illness or phobia lasting for 12 months or more are in work, according to a report published by the Trades Union Congress.
May 10, 2017

The link between poverty and poor mental health should not be ignored

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May 8, 2017

Prisons struggling to meet mental health need

Figures released today by the Prison Reform Trust to mark the start of Mental Health Awareness Week reveal that our overcrowded and overstretched prisons are struggling to meet the needs of the high numbers of people in their care with a mental health need or learning disability.
February 27, 2017

'Taking pills at home' - PIP and mental illness

Last week an Upper Tribunal ruling clarified the law, making it clear that people suffering from mental illness and who meet the criteria are entitled to a Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
February 13, 2017

Prisons need profound culture change to prevent suicides

Prisons need a profound culture change to prevent people from losing their lives through suicide, according to a report published today (13 February 2017) by Centre for Mental Health and the Howard League for Penal Reform.
January 10, 2017

Theresa May and mental health - first do no harm

Theresa May could quite easily stop her own government making life much harder for people who have mental health problems.
November 28, 2016

2016 worst year ever recorded for suicides in prisons

More than 100 people have lost their lives through suicide in prisons in England and Wales so far this year, an all-time record, it is revealed today (28 November 2016 ) as two charities publish new research on how to make jails safer.