Although people with mental health problems are no longer locked up in asylums, as an inquiry by MIND reports, society has many other ways of shutting them out. Asks how these barriers can be scaled.
Although people with mental health problems are no longer locked up in asylums, as an inquiry by MIND reports, society has many other ways of shutting them out. Asks how these barriers can be scaled.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, social exclusion, attitudes, community care, discrimination;
Reports on how views on electro-convulsive therapy are divided as its use remains highly controversial.
Reports on how views on electro-convulsive therapy are divided as its use remains highly controversial.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, psychiatry, schizophrenia, severe mental health problems, treatment, therapy and treatment, depression, electroconvulsive therapy;
Homeless people are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems of all kinds. Findings from a three-year study funded jointly by the Department of Health and the Mental Health Foundation show that one fifth of young homeless people have attempted suicide in the past year, and a third have made an attempt at some point in their lives.
Homeless people are particularly vulnerable to mental health problems of all kinds. Findings from a three-year study funded jointly by the Department of Health and the Mental Health Foundation show that one fifth of young homeless people have attempted suicide in the past year, and a third have made an attempt at some point in their lives.
Subject terms:
homeless people, homelessness, mental health, mental health problems, suicide, surveys, young people, attempted suicide, Department of Health;