Mental Health

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Children, Mental Health

Children’s mental health support suffers from fragmentation, says CQC

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Adults, Mental Health

Lack of legal literacy a factor in death of man who refused medical treatment

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Children, Mental Health

‘Over-optimistic’ professionals missed chances to intervene in family where toddler overdosed

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Mental Health

Service user rights and resources must be at heart of Mental Health Act reform, say experts

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Adults, Mental Health

Social workers alert Hunt to dangers of mental health bed shortage

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Adults, Mental Health

‘When it all goes right’: how a kick ass AMHP helped me in a crisis

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Mental Health, Workforce

Risks vs rights: how social workers handle one of the toughest jobs in mental health

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Adults, Mental Health

Conservatives pledge to scrap ‘flawed’ Mental Health Act

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Adults, Mental Health

Deprivation of liberty court applications double

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Adults, Mental Health

Your questions answered on mental health aftercare

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Adults, Mental Health

Diary: ‘I manage a single toilet break during my first shift’

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Adults, Mental Health

High Court blocks deprivation of liberty damages claim

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Adults, Mental Health

How the DoLS can give voice to people with minimal consciousness

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Adults, Mental Health

Diary: ‘A never-ending battle to update notes and see patients’

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Mental Health

Prime Minister orders review of child mental health services

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Adults, Mental Health

AMHP teams stretched as Mental Health Act detentions rise again

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