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Category - mental health

2 Feb 2012

The welfare struggle goes on, says Mind

Mental health charity Mind says that it "will continue to fight for improvements to the welfare and benefits system", despite yesterday's disappointing votes.
23 Jan 2012

Churches back welfare bill amendments on poverty and mental health

Peers will today debate two amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill which supporters say are vital to the mental wellbeing of the poorest in the UK.
10 Oct 2011

Global churches mark World Mental Health Day

Mental health problems affect people of all ages and in all societies, churches have been reminded on World Mental Health Day on 10 October.
10 Oct 2011

Coming out as disabled

A few weeks ago, I was sorting through some old papers and came across my first ever published article. It was a piece on Christian attitudes towards mental health, published in the (now defunct) New Christian Herald in October 1998. I was 21.
1 Jun 2011

Vulnerable claimants and asylum seekers at serious risk

Changes in the UK welfare benefit system are having devastating effects on the mental health of thousands of people, charities and a senior psychiatrist have warned. In a letter to the Guardian (http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/31/consequences-benefit-chang...), they pointed out that flawed tests for work capability were causing great distress and hardship, and some people had even taken their own lives.
8 Apr 2011

Debating cuts is a 'waste of time', says Tory councillor

A Conservative councillor has been accused of insulting his own constituents after describing a debate on local cuts as a “complete waste of time”.
23 Dec 2010

Mental health activists go to Ofcom over 'misleading' TV show

The mental health charity Rethink has lodged a complaint with Ofcom over a sketch by a comedian which parodied attempts to tackle stigma around mental illness.
5 Nov 2010

Archbishop's warning over cuts and the Big Society

The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams today (Friday) issued a warning to Government over the impact of cuts
19 Jul 2009

Shock and outrage at neglect of mental health patients

High levels of neglect and poor quality care in UK mental health wards have been revealed in an official report published today. 39% of suicides by hanging were undertaken by patients who were supposed to be under close observation.
13 May 2009

Men's mental health a major concern, survey suggests

Respected mental health charity Mind has this week published a disturbing new report presenting evidence that the recession is having an adverse affect on men’s mental health, in particular. It dovetails with a week of awareness-raising.

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