Mental Health

  Bi-polar disorder got back in the news earlier this year when Mariah Carey revealed her battle with this mental disorder over many years. First just a few words about…

  I wrote an article in October last year about the terms of reference for a major review into the Mental Health Act (Rights and Risks – The Debate About…

  The Problem The second Monday in May marks the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week, with the focus this year being on stress and how we cope with it.…

  Trying to raise awareness about mental health problems is about describing experiences, and identifying sources of support. However before we start making people more aware of specific problems, we…

Three times as many people die in the UK as a result of suicide than in road traffic accidents. It’s against this background that the National Institute for Health and…

The Birmingham and Solihull NHS Trust have recently given an apology to the family of Janice Smith who was killed by her son Kaysley over 5 years ago. This tragic…

As I write this article on a late afternoon in February, I can definitely say the days are getting longer. So this seems a good time to write about a…

  There is a consultation process going on at the moment looking at a major reform of the Mental Health Act. I wrote about the terms of reference for this…