Category Archives: NAMI

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 …

“enough is enough” to government on Deaf mental health services

Two bitter blows have been dealt to the Deaf community this week. The Deaf Health Charity SignHealth says “enough is enough.” Recently, NHS England said it wanted to scrap the Clinical Reference Group on Deaf Mental …

Labour challenges Cameron's record after £1bn mental health pledge

Luciana Berger, shadow Cabinet minister for mental health, said the funding, due to be in place by 2020, was necessary but called on Ministers to ensure they maintain the political will to tackle problems in NHS care.

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'The PTSD stems from this dirty work': new film documents regretful …

Speaking at the Berlin film festival, documentarian Sonia Kennebeck discusses her Wim Wenders-produced film National Bird, which reveals widespread post-traumatic stress disorder among employees of the US's drone …