Amelia Talbot reviews a recent study that explores factors contributing to fatal overdose in healthcare professionals, both ...

This twin study of nearly 14,000 UK adolescents found that body dissatisfaction at age 16 was linked to eating disorder ...

The Co-Pact study uses powerful images and narratives from 48 people to reveal how compulsory admission under the Mental ...

This network meta-analysis of 76 trials found that slow tapering (over 4 weeks) combined with psychological support was most ...

Emma is the programme lead for research, evaluation, publications and development at Imroc, a lived experience led charity ...

Inpatient mental health services are meant to provide safe places for people experiencing mental health difficulties to receive support and recover, but for many, the reality is far from this ideal.

Exercise-based interventions, potentially serving as either alternative treatments for depression or alongside medication and/or therapy, are recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and ...

In the UK 40% of adults with learning disabilities (28% if problem behaviours are excluded) experience mental health problems at any point in time. An estimated 36% of children and young people (24% ...

Mental health, particularly youth mental health, is in crisis. Clinical services are underfunded and overstretched. People who are in marginalised groups, of lower socioeconomic position, and live in ...

Suicide is a major public health concern, which claims nearly 800,000 lives worldwide each year (World Health Organization, 2016). In the UK only, it accounts for approximately 6,000 deaths annually ...

In my clinical work some of the most challenging patients to manage are those with ‘treatment resistant depression‘ and unfortunately up to 30% of people with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder ...

In the UK, young people (YP) who are struggling with moderate-to-severe mental health symptoms are often referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), which are specialist services ...