Mezzina, originally from Bari, told me he had never used restraint on a patient during his 41-year psychiatry career in Trieste. This is striking...
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300,000 people with conditions such as Alzheimer’s, autism or learning disabilities will see their rights - specifically their right to liberty -...
A Pulse analysis of NHS Digital data has shown that 30% of people referred to IAPT never begin treatment, with 42% of those who do start the...
Researching, practising, and debating mental health care Sarb Bajwa Niall Boyce Wendy Burn...
Shut away and threatened like animals: Families tell how their children with autism and learning disabilities were locked away in secret...
Jim Al-khalili’s subject in his ‘The Life Scientific’ programme on BBC Radio 4 on Tuesday, February 14, was Professor Sir Simon Wessely. I...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is now effectively fully co-working with the NHS to get people living with mental health issues back to...
Note: this is from 2016. It's new to me but may be familiar to others. Summary The recent National Institute for Health and Care Excellence...
In light of recent events I thought this was important. " In England and Wales, you can be detained in hospital against your will if you are...
I have no doubts that some patients are "difficult", but the answer offered by Clare Gerada is so... hum, don't even know how to qualify it. But...
As part of the Mental Health Act Review in England and Wales, Professor Sir Simon Wessley has specifically asked for your opinion, as psychiatric...
Over 60 medical professionals, campaigners and organisations have written to Theresa May, urging her to reconsider the appointment of a well-known...
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