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Published in: ourNHSA dance of destitution - psychology's clash over coercionJob 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 yetWhat’s the relationship between capitalism and mental health? A review of Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi’s Heroes: Mass...
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Published in: ourNHSAlcoholism, the NHS, and political hypocrisyPoliticians show sympathy for the sadly premature death of Charles Kennedy - but none for the ordinary alcoholic,...
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Published in: ourNHSFour reasons Nick Clegg is no mental health saviourLiberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has some nerve to appoint himself the champion of the mentally ill.
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Published in: ourNHSDepression needs more than mass-produced talking treatmentHas there really been a breakthrough in talking treatments for depression as claimed, or are formulaic policies...
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Published in: ourNHSTake our 'treatment' or we'll stop your benefits, Tories threaten mentally ill
Proposals to strip benefits from depressed people who 'refuse' treatment are unethical, ignore root causes, and are...
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Published in: ourNHSThe only 'parity' for mental health is that it is being cut and privatised as wellMental health services are amongst the hardest hit by cuts and privatisation. A new Charter suggests how people can...
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Published in: ourNHSPatients occupy threatened mental health clinic, some signs of victory?A seven-week occupation of a Cambridge NHS mental health clinic in Britain threatened with closure is having more...
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Published in: TransformationTo survive bipolar disorder, I needed people who didn't love meThere is a unique hope in a stranger's kindness. Despite my catatonic state, despite barely recognising the people I...
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Published in: ourNHSTreat your own dementia, Essex patients toldAs Essex council closes the only daycare centre for dementia patients in the South of the county, its councillors...
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Published in: ourNHSLabour's new health ideas - will they rescue NHS from 'organisational dementia'?
We've been tweeting our thoughts on Labour's Oldham Commission on 'Whole Person Care', which launches its report...
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Published in: ourNHSMental health - a Cinderella service no more?Is the Cinderella service given hope by Nick Clegg's attention?
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Published in: ourNHSRoom to breathe in defence of the NHSAfter this week's "Failed by the NHS" documentary, Ramona asks, can we criticise the shortcomings of NHS mental...
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Published in: ourNHSDon't cut mental health lifelines
Are cuts to mental health services getting overlooked in the campaign against NHS closures?
