By Rachel Whitehead Working in a busy press office for a major mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness, I often get calls from journalists asking if I can put them in touch with someone… Read More
My mania appears to have burnt itself out. Now I am left in some kind of limbo where I am feeling slightly depressed but nothing to write home about. The thing that bothers… Read More
I am not impressed. I feel like some groups of people get special treatment and extra money spent on them. The government is spending all this extra money on the mental health of… Read More
‘Failures by mental health staff’ the root cause of patient Sally Ann Vye’s suicide, Leicester inquest told By Tim Healy The “failure of a number of specific” mental health staff was the root… Read More
Crazy Soup for the Soul I hear voices telling me to kill myself. They won’t go away, they tell me that I am worth nothing, that there is no point in me being… Read More
I am totally crazy at the moment. The voices won’t leave me alone and I feel surrounded by madness. I’ve been seeing things too, particularly when I’m trying to get to sleep. I… Read More
More people are being sectioned under the Mental Health Act and too many of those detained are subjected to unnecessary restrictions and get too little help to recover, the NHS watchdog reports today. The Care Quality Commission’s… Read More
The Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) annual report into the working of the Mental Health Act reveals disturbing trends in coercive practices by psychiatric services. Compared with the previous year, 2012 saw a 5% increase… Read More
