Mental health: awareness is great, but action is essential
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Mental health: awareness is great, but action is essential

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2018/may/15/mental-health-awareness-is-great-but-action-is-essential By Dean Burnett Raising awareness of mental health problems should be the start of the process of tackling them, not the end It’s mental health awareness week, 2018. And that’s good. It’s important to be aware of something that affects literally everyone, and that a quarter of the population regularly struggle with. It’s…

Disruption of daily rhythms linked to mental health problems
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Disruption of daily rhythms linked to mental health problems

ByMatthew Betteridge

This mental health awareness week, make sure you check out our posts all through the week on #MentalHealth This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/15/disruption-of-daily-rhythms-linked-to-mental-health-problems By Nicola Davis People with disrupted 24-hour cycles of rest and activity more likely to have mood disorders, research suggests People who experience disrupted 24-hour cycles of rest and activity are more likely…

Children needing specialist mental health treatment up by a third over three years
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Children needing specialist mental health treatment up by a third over three years

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/children-mental-health-treatment-specialist-nhs-services-nspcc-a8349816.html By Josh Gabbatiss Science Correspondent ‘Schools are increasingly referring children for specialist mental health treatment, often when the child is at crisis point’ The number of children referred by their schools for mental healthtreatment has spiked by a third in the past three years. Of those referred, nearly a third were denied treatment…

Mental health plans ‘failing a generation’, say MPs
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Mental health plans ‘failing a generation’, say MPs

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-44041116 By Judith Burns Sally, now 20, believes her mental distress should have been spotted years before she received treatment that helped her. She says she became ill when she first started secondary school. Teachers noticed, describing her as “an odd child”, but in the end it was Sally herself who had…

NHS to make perinatal mental health available across England
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NHS to make perinatal mental health available across England

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/08/nhs-to-make-perinatal-mental-health-available-across-england By Kevin Rawlinson NHS England aims to make services for new and expectant mothers accessible within a year New and expectant mothers will be given access to mental health services during pregnancy and after childbirth across England within the next year, as health officials focus on providing more help to under-served…