The Duchess of Cambridge has called for the “taboo” of mental health to be broken as she guest edits the Huffington Post for the day. The duchess wrote that for too long parents have been “embarrassed” to admit children …
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five readers on being failed by mental health services – The Guardian
We asked for your experiences of mental health care in England. Overwhelmingly, you told us change is desperately needed.
Anxiety Road Podcast: Episode 030 Panic Disorder for Newbies
Episode 030 Panic Disorder for Newbies. In this episode, introduction to Panic Disorder and can a subliminal MP3 help with Anxiety? For those of you that are finding the podcast helpful or frustrating feel free to leave a …
These brave mothers' stories must chip away at the stigma of …
This is causing a tragedy on an unbelievable scale: at least one in 10 women suffer from depression in pregnancy or postnatally, but only one in 10 of those women get the help they need. Even for extremely severe forms of illnesses, such as those depicted in … The two women featured in the documentary, Hannah and Jenny, both suffered a severe episode of illness known as postpartum psychosis. To show what this illness is, and why specialist treatment should be …
Forget about a mental health revolution without new cash | Polly …
Suicide rates are rising, as is self-harming, with services so bad that lives are “put on hold or ruined” for lack of care, with mental health patients dying 15 to 20 years earlier than others. Beds are so scarce that 2,000 acutely ill …