mental health

The number of hospital beds for people with acute mental health conditions, where a consultant psychiatrist is on hand to oversee treatment, has fallen by almost 30% since 2009 despite repeated claims by ministers that improving care for the mentally ill is now a top priority. New official...

Chris Lynch, 41, was a hard-drinking student when his debts began to build up and his life started to spiral out of control. At one point he was was £35,000 in debt - and that's when anxiety and depression took hold. "I didn't think I'd be alive long enough to pay if off. I could easily have...

People who experience disrupted 24-hour cycles of rest and activity are more likely to have mood disorders, lower levels of happiness and greater feelings of loneliness, research suggests. While the study does not reveal whether disruptions to circadian rhythms are a cause of mental health...

NHS bodies that put too little money into improving mental health care have been threatened with sanctions in a crackdown intended to ensure more cash reaches the frontline. NHS England has written to all 207 clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to warn that they must deliver on a key NHS-wide...

At least 271 highly vulnerable mental health patients have died over the last six years after failings in NHS care, a Guardian investigation has found. Coroners have been so alarmed at the lapses in care that emerged during inquests that they issued legal warnings to 136 NHS bodies, mainly...

Mental health trusts in England are restraining patients on average every 10 minutes, figures have revealed. They show the number of incidents of restraint has increased each year since 2013. Former health minister Norman Lamb said use of force was "endemic" in many units. The Department of...

Up to 300,000 people with long-term mental health problems have to leave their jobs each year, a report says. It also claims poor mental health costs the UK economy up to £99bn each year. Prime Minister Theresa May, who commissioned the report, said it showed "we need to take action". She is...

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has admitted making false claims in the House of Commons about an increase in the number of NHS mental health workers. In a statement on World Mental Health Day, Mr Hunt told MPs: "We've got 30,000 more people working in mental health today than we had when [Labour]...

At any one time, a sixth of the population in England aged 16 to 64 have a mental health problem, according to statistics body NHS Digital. Whether it is family or friends, neighbours or work colleagues, the chances are we all know someone who is affected. And bearing in mind the figure leaves...

The number of NHS mental health staff who have had to take sick leave because of their own mental health issues has risen by 22% in the past five years. Those taking long-term leave of a month or more rose from 7,580 in 2012-13 to 9,285 in 2016-17, BBC freedom of information requests found...

Yesterday’s report by the Institute for Public Policy Research revealed how the number of students disclosing a mental illness when they arrive at university has risen almost fivefold in the past decade. Left untreated, mental ill health problems grow, with students more likely to drop out of...

Britain’s biggest police force received a phone call relating to mental health every five minutes last year, an escalating level of demand caused by NHS services struggling to cope. The number of calls handled by the Metropolitan police in which someone was concerned about a person’s mental...

Thousands more mental health workers are to be recruited by the NHS in England, the health secretary has said. The plans involve increasing the number of trained nurses, therapists and other mental health professionals. Jeremy Hunt said it was time to end the "historic imbalance" between...

Hi, As this is the first time I've posted, please excuse me if I'm posting in the wrong place but I hope someone could assist in some way. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes around 4 years ago and, in hindsight, I have been plodding along with it ever since. I have also suffered from...

Services for people who are suicidal or self-harming are facing unprecedented demand in England, a BBC Radio 5 live investigation has found. Out of 39 mental health trusts that provided figures for their crisis teams, 27 had seen their workload increase - 70%. And some had seen referrals rise...

had to attend a meeting with a psychiatrist yesterday. I had requested that the depot they give me be reduced because it was making me tired and my legs stiff which was hampering my attempts at exercising which I need to do because I have a number of serious conditions that need to be kept under...

Hello, I am a MSc Health Psychology student from the University of Central Lancashire. I am currently running a study to explore the relationships between mood, quality of life, health behaviours and risk perceptions to determine whether these differ depending on length of diagnosis of type...

Even though I've only had type 1 diabetes for a month my mental health has dramatically lowered and it's been harder to stay positive about the subject. I feel more panicky when I take my injections even though I'm used to taking them. Any advice to stay optimistic?

Mental health spending is being cut by £4.5m in five English regions this year, new figures indicate. The largest cut, of £1.9m or 3.6% , will be made in Walsall, in the West Midlands, Pulse magazine data shows. Two Merseyside clinical commissioning groups (CCG) in Sefton and St Helens as well...

Housing problems in England are causing people to suffer anxiety, depression and panic attacks, says Shelter. Of people who had experienced housing worries within the past five years, 69% said their mental health was affected, suggests research for the charity. The researchers interviewed...