Mental health patients being taught magic tricks to boost self-esteem

Mental health patients being taught magic tricks to boost self-esteem

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/01/mental-health-patients-taught-magic-tricks-boost-self-esteem/ By:Laura Donnelly Magic tricks are being used to help patients suffering from mental health issues Mental health patients are being taught wizardry after nurses said learning magic tricks can boost the self-esteem. The NHS is advertising for “volunteer magicians” to expand the Magic Therapy Project scheme across wards in the…

Falling number of NHS child psychiatrists provokes ‘deep concern

Falling number of NHS child psychiatrists provokes ‘deep concern

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/24/falling-number-of-nhs-child-psychiatrists-provokes-deep-concern By: Denis Campbell Health policy editor Shortage of mental heath specialists comes at same time as distress among children is rising, says Royal College of Psychiatrists The number of NHS psychiatrists helping troubled children and young people in England is falling despite the growing demand for care, new official figures have shown. The total…

Warning over psychiatrists amid mental health ‘crisis’

Warning over psychiatrists amid mental health ‘crisis’

ByMatthew Betteridge

The number of psychiatrists working in Scotland’s NHS has increased by just four in the past five years amid warnings of an “enormous gulf” developing in the treatment of physical and mental health. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the number of consultant psychiatrists in Scotland has risen by less than 1 per cent since…

One in three sick notes are for mental health problems, ‘alarming’ report shows

One in three sick notes are for mental health problems, ‘alarming’ report shows

ByMatthew Betteridge

One in three “sick notes” handed out by GPs are now for mental health problems, amid soaring levels of anxiety across Britain, official figures show. The new data – from the first such investigation across the NHS – reveals that in total, more than 5 million people are being signed off work every year. Mental…

Doctor’s Diary: Where is the NHS going to recruit its ‘army of British nurses’ from?

Doctor’s Diary: Where is the NHS going to recruit its ‘army of British nurses’ from?

ByMatthew Betteridge

Professor Stephen Hawking’s intellectual reputation as our greatest living scientist may be overrated – hence his never being awarded the Nobel Prize… – but his entertaining spat with Jeremy Hunt, whom he accused of “abusing scientific arguments” to justify government policies is right on the money. In response, the Health Secretary defended his controversial plans for a so-called “seven-day NHS”…