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Published in: Home: FeatureThe ‘hostile environment’ is 10. It blighted these women’s lives
A decade after Theresa May declared a ‘hostile environment’, many immigrants to the UK are stuck in legal limbo
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Published in: 50.50: Feature‘My thoughts will kill me one day’: mental health crisis for Kashmiri women
Three decades of conflict in the Himalayan valley have resulted in a drastic surge in mental health issues,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionKeir Starmer’s speech – the best thing since stale bread
It’s not capitalism that has to change, the Labour leader told us today. It’s you
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Published in: ourNHSBritain’s struggling mental health services are on the brink of a new crisis
As waiting lists grow in the wake of the pandemic, communities in England and Wales are being forced to bridge the...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaAccess to mental health in the Maré favelas in Rio: a fight that comes from within
Health professionals, residents and local institutions in Maré, Rio de Janeiro, fight the precariousness of...
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Published in: Home: Opinion‘Queer Eye’, Jordan Peterson and the battle for depressed men
Progressives need to learn from the Netflix show’s battles against toxic masculinity. And the Fab Five need to...
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Published in: ourNHSTo address mental health, we need to build a compassionate society, not just websites
Mental health campaigners are putting pressure on government to take more fundamental action on the mental health...
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Published in: ourNHSThe government must act to end this child mental health crisis
Children have been particularly hard hit by mental health cuts, with 150 turned away from the care they need every...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWhy Indigenous people are more vulnerable to mental health problems?
Today – 9th August – is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The purpose of this Day is, among...
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Published in: Frontline InsightsA culture of care: helping activists and their allies look after themselves
Self-care is often the last thing on the minds of frontline human rights defenders. But it is the only thing that...
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Published in: ourNHSThe latest multi-billion pound move in NHS privatisation – is the endgame in sight?
Private healthcare firms have just been offered a substantial say in deciding how billions of pounds of NHS mental...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProfessional solidarity with Palestine: a mental health imperative
Palestinian mental health professionals will continue critical dialogue of the occupation until its hegemony is...
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Published in: ourNHSMental health and deaths after police contact – why Seni's Law is welcome but more is needed
The mental health system is creaking – and it's particularly black communities who are paying a sometimes terrible...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLiving the double life: behind the lies of women's daily lives in Egypt
The consequences of living this sort of double-life go far beyond family disagreements.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohann Hari: Uncovering the real causes of depression, and the unexpected solutions
Interview with writer Johann Hari about his new book, Lost Connections
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Published in: HomeThe rise of anxiety in the age of inequality
In a world so focused on mindless consumption and status acquisition, the developed world’s epidemic of anxiety and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAgency and hope: helping communities healing themselves
When planning mental health services, treating PTSD is what usually comes to mind. What role do local communities...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe thinking behind a mental health workers pledge for Palestine
Concerned professionals may need to move beyond their accustomed professional roles to support a genuine...
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Published in: ourNHSA dance of destitution - psychology's clash over coercion
Job centres are becoming gladiatorial arenas where unemployed people and professionals slug it out, whilst the...
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Published in: TransformationCheer up ‘Bifo’—history hasn’t ended yet
What’s the relationship between capitalism and mental health? A review of Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi’s Heroes: Mass...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job