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Government must lead the way in turning around deteriorating mental health in England, says Centre for Mental Health

Centre for Mental Health

Responding to the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey, the best barometer of mental health among adults in England for almost a decade, Andy Bell said: “In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the effects of many years of austerity, it’s no surprise that mental health in England has deteriorated in recent years.

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The new peer workforce in mental health services: Optimising implementation and maximising value

Centre for Mental Health

Peer support in mental health care An NHS audit in 2023 found that there are over 1,000 peer workers – staff with lived experience of mental ill health employed in peer support roles – working in NHS-commissioned mental health services. So what next?

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America is Legislating a Return to the Asylum, One Policy at a Time

Mad in America

HR 4022 is not a novel effort; organizations including the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the Treatment Advocacy Center, and the Manhattan Institute have been pushing for the repeal for over a decade, calling the IMD exclusion a form of “discrimination.”

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Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessments: Ensuring government policy supports good mental health

Centre for Mental Health

Therefore, understanding both the intended and unintended impacts of government policy on mental health is crucial for creating more inclusive and effective policies that foster healthier, more resilient communities. A mental health policy test is a simple and effective way to do this.

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

One, the main reason, is that there were all these reforms underway, mainly in Latin American countries that are pioneers in legal capacity and are even going in the direction of abolishing forced psychiatry; now in 2023, Mexico has made a reform that activists agree has the possibility of abolishing forced psychiatry, except when it is imposed through (..)