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Vision for mental health policy

Critical Psychiatry

Rights and recovery-orientated services need to be at the centre not the margins of mental health services (see eg. There were many strengths in the last Labour governments mental health strategy (see my Mental Health Policy website , developed at the time, although several links are now defunct).

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Universal remedies for mental health problems

Critical Psychiatry

We are waiting to see how specific the new NHS 10-year Health Plan, postponed from June to July 2025, will be as far as mental health policy is concerned. NSFT board recognises there is more to do to improve services but there also is a need for national direction.

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The Integration of Peer Support Principles in Community Mental Health Policy and Practice: Toward Epistemic Humility

Mad in America

It can make the mental health system less of a perceived threat, and more of an entrusted, safe resource and tool. The post The Integration of Peer Support Principles in Community Mental Health Policy and Practice: Toward Epistemic Humility appeared first on Mad In America.

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What does the Spending Review 2025 mean for mental health?

Centre for Mental Health

And incorporating a ‘ mental health policy test ’ in spending decisions can enable governments to explore how they can protect and promote mental health with the resources they have. Mental ill health costs society £300 billion a year in England.

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March 19, Mental Health Policy Seminar: Nicole Rust, Ph.D. “On the Grand Plan for Brain and Mental Health”

History Psychiatry

Please join us on March 19, 1:15-2:45pm EST, for the next Richardson Seminar on Issues in Mental Health Policy. We will be joined by Nicole… Read more March 19, Mental Health Policy Seminar: Nicole Rust, Ph.D. “On the Grand Plan for Brain and Mental Health

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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

Mad in America

Irelands mental health policy landscape has evolved over the decades, with A Vision for Change (2006) and the more recent Sharing the Vision (2020) outlining ambitions for a recovery- oriented, community-based system. The Irish Context: Where Do We Stand?

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Further Afield… Evolving Imperatives for Adolescent Mental Health Policy in LMICs

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 3 March 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Sheila Ramaswamy, Saurabh Shashi Ashok, Shekhar Seshadri