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Mental Health News
11 hours ago
Fiona Phillips had a high-profile job as a presenter on GMTV and two small children when her mother – and then her father – developed Alzheimer's disease. By Emine SanerIt is only when you look back, says Fiona Phillips, that you see there were signs. Her mother, Amy, was diagnosed with early on[...]
12 hours ago
18th-century Bethlem – chains, belts, purges, bleeding and thousands of visitors gawping at the inmates. Nell Leyshon on the asylum that inspired her latest playMy new play, Bedlam, about to open at the Globe, is set in a fictionalised Bethlem, in the mid-18th century, a time when psychiatry had y[...]
16 hours ago
The horrible thing about China's 62-mile nine-day jam was that it destroyed the certainty that travel will inevitably result in arrivalHold on to your hats – or rather, don't bother, as we shan't exactly be proceeding at a great lick, and could in fact be here for aeons – because the Chinese tra[...]
23 hours ago
Disabled models at Debenhams; alcohol consumption; plus, the best of the blogsFollow Society Guardian on TwitterFollow Patrick Butler on TwitterSign up to Society Daily email briefingToday's top Society storiesUK sees largest fall in alcohol consumption in 60 yearsG20 pathologist suspended for misco[...]
1 day ago
Children's minister points to need for 'heeding basic child psychology principles when involving young people in TV'The coalition government is to press ahead with a full review of the UK's child performance laws to protect young people from potential exploitation by reality TV formats.Announcing th[...]
1 day ago
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1 day ago
Care services minister Paul Burstow (pictured) has vowed to put mental health care on a par with treating physical illness as he outlined plans for a new mental health strategy today.
1 day ago
The problem extends beyond grumpy newspaper editors – it seems our psychology demands bad news about youthHere's a sentence you won't read every day: "The vast majority of young people in London are a real credit to their local communities." These are the words of Richard Taylor, father of murdere[...]
1 day ago
Sleep deprivation, psychoative drugs and mindfulness By Simeon Brody on September 2, 2010 4:31 PM | No Comments | No TrackBacks || sleeping dog.jpg Here are some items lassoed from the ever moving informational herd that is the internet. Teenagers who get less than
Communitycare.co.uk via Zibb.com News 1 day ago
A reporter decided to give beggars prepaid credit cards in order to analyse their honesty. How condescendingAny piece of journalism that focuses attention on the hardships facing those on the streets is to be commended. Insights into why people end up being homeless often leave the reader with an un[...]
1 day ago
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Communitycare.co.uk via Zibb.com News 1 day ago
Arrests over assisted suicide, court rules in Sharon Shoesmith's favour, and ex-servicemen perform KiplingFollow Society Guardian on TwitterFollow Patrick Butler on TwitterSign up to Society Daily email briefingToday's top Society storiesSharon Shoesmith given leave to appeal against court ruling on[...]
2 days ago
Care services minister Paul Burstow (pictured) writes exclusively for Community Care on the link between poor mental health and deprivation.
2 days ago
Medical crutches such as methadone can help, but rehabilitation works and should be supportedSome of those who spoke out against the Conservative suggestion that drug rehabilitation might be preferable to addiction management using methadone were well-meaning but patronising. The most miserable aspe[...]
2 days ago
Even after escaping a violent or controlling relationship, a mother's mental health may continue to decline, a new study finds. Ohio State University researchers ...
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Care services minister Paul Burstow (pictured) writes exclusively for Community Care on the link between poor mental health and deprivation
2 days ago
Reducing the working week would not just tackle inequality, it would give us the time to think about what we do with our livesThis week, Aditya Chakrabortty wrote how workers are becoming slaves to routine, with only a lucky few still possessing any real autonomy. It's time that we changed the way w[...]
2 days ago
...working towards a B.S. in psychology and art therapy at The New School and just last year she earned her M.S. in clinical social work at Columbia. She is currently employed as a mental health clinician, providing individual and group counseling to...
Business News via Zibb.com News 2 days ago
LONDON: Thousands of foreign domestic workers are living as slaves in Britain, being abused sexually, physically and psychologically by employers, according to an investigation to be screened on Monday night. More than 15,000 migrant workers come to
DAWN Group via Moreover.com News 3 days ago
Whenever possible, the CHS also puts the hoarder in contact with mental health and social work professionals who may be able to help them recover from this ...
Calgary Herald via Google News 3 days ago
Britain's poets are up in arms about the Con-Dems' public spending cuts – and they've published an anthology to prove itIt's a familiar refrain among literary critics that British poetry has lost its polemical voice. But anyone lamenting the absence of "state of the nation" writing to challenge th[...]
3 days ago
Meg was first admitted to Stanley Royd hospital when she was just 17. The asylum has gone but her memory of it lingers onThough a great deal has changed in psychiatric treatment in the 200 years since the building of the first great Victorian asylums, it is only relatively recently that the most sig[...]
3 days ago
Background British Pakistani women have a high prevalence of depression. There are no reported psychosocial interventions for depression in ethnic minorities in the UK. Aims To determine the efficacy of a social group intervention compared
British Journal of Psychiatry via Moreover.com News 3 days ago
...families and society but the stereotype persists, often fueled by the media, Johnson says. Johnson is the editor of "Social Work With African American Males: Health, Mental Health and Social Policy," recently published by Oxford...
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26 weeks ago
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports on state-level budget cuts:Cuts Affect Wide Range of ServicesStates began cutting their budgets last spring, as the recession brought sharply weakened revenues. The cuts have intensified as the economy has worsened. Even as the need for state-funded[...]
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30 weeks ago
From Feeding America: they help supply food banks (warehouses stocked with food) which, in turn, deliver it to local soup kitchens (where you eat on site) or food pantries (where you can get bags of groceries to take home, if you have a home):
A landmark study released today from Feeding Americ[...]
A landmark study released today from Feeding Americ[...]
63 weeks ago
By William Shryer, LCSW, BCD Clearly one of the most misunderstood disorders in the field of neuroscience is the diagnosis of “Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.” It occurs from early childhood all the way throughout the life span. It is actually a spectrum of disorders generally seen when one cann[...]
