My Brains Not Broken

MAY 4, 2023

Every year during Mental Health Awareness Month , I find statistics and data that help show the state of mental health in the United States. Mental illness and mental health challenges are extremely prevalent in today’s world, and diving into the data is one of the clearest ways to show that.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Historically for me and others with mental health challenges, stress can have a life-limiting and inhibiting impact, perhaps more so than for some other people. The decline of my mental health was unexpected, concerning and rapid. including learning a lot from research papers about stress and mental health.

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 7, 2022

I’m tired of seeing mental illness get weaponized. Tired of seeing mental health being brought up in bad faith, in harmful, disingenuous and shameful ways that undo the work people have put in for decades to shrink the stigma surrounding mental health. You want to talk about mental health issues?

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Community Care

JUNE 2, 2023

Approved mental health professional (AMHP) leads have sounded the alarm over the Metropolitan Police’s decision to withdraw from attending mental health-related incidents in London by the end of August. He also said that officers spent, on average, 14.2 hours in A&E and 8.5

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Community Care

JULY 26, 2023

Police forces across England will, in future, stop attending mental health-related incidents unless there is a significant risk to safety or a crime being committed, and refer cases to health or social care services instead. The Metropolitan Police has estimated that its officers spend, on average, 14.2

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 26, 2024

One week ago, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a speech causing concern when it comes to words he used about mental health. Language can be powerful, particularly in regards to mental health conditions. The Conservatives recent rhetoric has provoked a strong response from charity sector leaders and health organisations.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

By Tim Spencer-Lane Determining the ordinary residence of a service user is sometimes a highly contested matter. Under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA) there is the added ingredient that the person cannot be charged for services and therefore the costs for the relevant local authority are often higher.

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Community Care

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Older people are being unlawfully detained in mental health hospitals “in very many cases” because of poor practice around the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS), the Care Quality Commission has warned. AMHPs making greater use of Mental Health Act powers to tackle crises or suspected abuse or neglect.

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Community Care

MARCH 27, 2024

A government-backed leadership training scheme has been launched for principal social workers (PSW), approved mental health professional (AMHP) leads and principal occupational therapists (POT) in adults’ services in English councils. An in-person conference at the end of the programme.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 19, 2022

Sharing our experiences around mental health is crucial to shrinking the stigma and improving the way we treat mental health in our communities, but it’s also important to share resources. That being said, here are some links to a few mental health organizations, resources and help lines!

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Blurt It Out

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

One thing we love about the Internet is that it opens the door for conversation about mental health. 10 Mental Health Blogs We Like Across the world, people use blogs as a platform to share experiences, increase awareness and understanding, and provide comfort and support. And that’s a very good thing.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 12, 2022

Last year, I took a deep dive into some statistics and data surrounding mental health and the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month. I think that diving into data and statistics is one of the clearest ways to make mental health visible in our society. of Americans with a mental illness are uninsured, and 8.1%

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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 30, 2022

For the past few years, I’ve done research surrounding mental health and the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month. I think it’s important to understand what mental health challenges exist for unique communities and groups of people, and these statistics help paint that picture. population.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week (5 to 11 February 2024) this year, the campaign’s 10 th year, is ‘My Voice Matters’. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression. Childhood doesn’t usually involve much autonomy.

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Martin Webber

APRIL 30, 2018

Jonny Lovell, PhD student in the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research at the University of York, has recently completed his thesis on sharing lived experience in mental health services. He conducted this research.

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Community Care

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Council social worker numbers have increased in Scotland but there are concerns over rising shortages of mental health officers. The increases were mostly driven by rising numbers of practitioners working in social work’s biggest sector, children’s services, where FTE numbers rose from 2,537 to 2,650 (FTE).

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With so many of us being active online and new social media platforms popping up frequently, is social media good or bad for mental health? Last month in New York City, social media was designated a public health hazard for its effect on youth mental health.

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Community Care

AUGUST 18, 2023

The issue in this case was which of two local authorities was responsible for providing and paying for “aftercare services” under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (“MHA”) for a particular individual. In this case, therefore, Worcestershire’s duty to provide aftercare services for JG ended upon her second detention.

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Blurt It Out

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

One thing we love about the Internet is that it opens the door for conversation about mental health. 10 Mental Health Blogs We Like Across the world, people use blogs as a platform to share experiences, increase awareness and understanding, and provide comfort and support. And that’s a very good thing.

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The Social Care Elf

JANUARY 18, 2022

Wajeeha Raza and Peter Coventry review a retrospective cohort study exploring the association between air pollution exposure and mental health service use among individuals with first presentations of psychotic and mood disorders.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 7, 2024

Dr Teresa Tavassoli (UK) in 2017 shed light on the relationship between sensory differences and mental health symptoms in autistic children. In 2018, Dr Rachel Hillier (UK) used data to map and better understand the mental health needs of young people growing up in care.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A new supportive ecosystem for UK innovators working on immersive digital mental health therapeutics is being launched. The UKRI Mindset XR Innovator Support Programme is going to be led by the Health Innovation Network (HIN) South London it was announced today.

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Prosper Health Collective

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Mental health is a state of your mental wellness , involving your emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Much like how physical health is important to our daily functioning, your state of mental health can have a direct impact on how we think, feel, and act.

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Relias

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the line of duty, they can experience events that have a lasting impact on their behavioral and mental health. Unfortunately, once they’ve left the service, they do not always receive the care they need or deserve. Behavioral and mental health challenges for veterans Veterans are at high risk for mental health issues.

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Reimagining Social Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In their commentary on the “Social work practice implications of upcoming mental health reforms”, Genevieve Smith … Continue reading Mental health services in Aotearoa: A system in constant crisis. The editorial extract refers to a commentary in the journal by Genevieve Smith and Joanna Appleby.

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Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This after a several month stay in the children’s mental health centre to get his schizophrenia under control. On another occasion I was working on behalf of a young woman whose test scores didn’t qualify her for developmental services. Those services work in silos with little to no crossover.

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MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This World Mental Health Day (10 October 2023), the theme is Mental Health is a Human Right. We at MQ have been striving for the past 10 years to make mental health a human right in several ways. One such way is by focusing on addressing inequalities that exist in research into mental health.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

People with both types of diabetes are at a higher risk of developing  depression  and  anxiety and are at a higher risk of early mortality due to the combination of mental health and physical health comorbidities. Mental Health and Diabetes Physical illness and mental illness are often interrelated.

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Relias

JANUARY 23, 2024

On January 23, we recognize Maternal Health Awareness Day , an initiative by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to increase awareness and action related to maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S. It affects not only the mother, but also their children, their families, and their communities.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The theme for Children’s Mental Health Week (5 to 11 February 2024) this year, the campaign’s 10 th year, is ‘My Voice Matters’. Autonomy can positively benefit mental health and lack of independence can, for adults, increase symptoms of depression. Childhood doesn’t usually involve much autonomy.

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MQ Mental Health

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Mental Health Foundation found in a 2020 survey that 63% of UK adults say their mental health is improved by kindness shown to them. The same survey found 63% say their mental health is improved by being kind to others. Do a task - taking tasks off other people’s hands is an act of service.

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MQ Mental Health

OCTOBER 17, 2023

World Mental Health Day falls on 10 October every year. This year the theme is ‘Mental Health is a Human Right’. In a previous article , we answered the questions like what is a human right and why is mental health one? Now we look at how our mental health is protected by human rights.

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

With so many of us being active online and new social media platforms popping up frequently, is social media good or bad for mental health? Last month in New York City, social media was designated a public health hazard for its effect on youth mental health.

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Social Work Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

Progress on Advancing the Improving Access to Mental Health Act (H.R The Senate Finance Committee (SFC) released its mental health workforce discussion draft component of its mental health legislative package (a summary may be found here ).

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Community Care

OCTOBER 6, 2022

People with learning disabilities and autistic people were “not always protected from abuse or poor care” by insufficiently skilled staff, amid a blame culture in a mental health trust’s inpatient services. The trust said it had taken action to improve services since the inspection.

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Social Work With Adults

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Timed with World Mental Health Day , I am delighted to host this blog from Dr Gill Robinson , a social worker who has worked in mental health services for many years. She demonstrates how well integrated responses can make a difference to people and other health and care professionals.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

An issue that has gone largely unexplored until recently, however, is the alarming rise of suicide rates among Black youth and the general state of mental health in this group. In the past, research on youth suicide focused mainly on white youth, leaving holes in our understanding of mental health and suicidality among Black youth.

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