Mental Health

  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…

Shortly before Christmas, the Jo Cox Foundation published a report on loneliness, an appropriate time to raise awareness about this subject. The Government has now said it will act on…

Health and care organisations may be very skilled and experienced in promoting the mental well-being of their service users, but how well do they promote the well-being of their employees?…

At the risk of starting the New Year with another resolution, a campaign being organised in conjunction with MIND, the mental health charity, has struck me as an inspiring way…

When you go into hospital you expect to receive treatment – but what does treatment actually mean? When we think about people being admitted to hospital under the Mental Health…

I’ve written in the past about the issue of hoarding and the limited legal remedies that might be used to manage this sensitive but at the same potentially dangerous practice.…

Distress can signal a danger point in our lives. This could be as a reaction to what we see as a danger or difficulty, or as itself leading to stress,…

This image is startling, and rather old-fashioned: I don’t think many of us see birds kept in fancy gold-plated cages any more – this seems part of history, like aspidistras…