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Message from the Duchess of Cambridge
Watch this video from the Duchess of Cambridge championing the rights for children and young people #DuchessofCambridge #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek […]
Duke of Cambridge receives RSM Honorary Fellowship
His Royal Highness The Duke of Cambridge was admitted as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine during a ceremony at the Society on Wednesday 17 January. The Honorary Fellowship was presented to The Duke by Professor Sir Simon Wessely, President of the RSM and Mr Babulal Sethia, Immediate Past President, and was […]
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Time to set boundaries
How often have you used the word ‘boundaries’ about others? Perhaps you’ve said your partner needs to get a better work-life balance with some boundaries or that your child needs boundaries at bedtime. But most of us rarely think how setting boundaries for ourselves could not only be useful but positively healthy. Yet a strong […]
Teenagers and festive social media
If your teenage relatives have spent the festive period glued to their digital devices, you are not alone. More than one in four teenagers – an estimated 866,000 young people in England and Wales – say they couldn’t enjoy Christmas without social media according to a survey carried out for The Children’s Society. Almost one […]
Social media – a force for good in mental health
Digital technology can be a powerful force for social good and can help people to become mentally stronger and more resilient. For example, positive prosocial peer interactions through social media platforms and Internet chatrooms etc. can be really empowering and supportive. However, I do recognise that social media can also be associated with negative outcomes […]
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Its good to talk
Watch this short video on caring for the mental health needs of children and young people #CYPMentalHealth […]
Mental health treatment for prisoners in Zimbabwe
Fadumo Omar Mohamed joined Médecins Sans Frontières in 2013 as a Mental Health Activity Manager. Her latest assignment took her to Zimbabwe. This blog explains MSF’s mental health project in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare. ‘As human beings we must be aware that without a “healthy mind” we have no health at all. Almost […]
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Saliah’s story for MSF
Saliha is a patient at MSF’s women’s health clinic in Kamrangirchar, a densely populated slum in the south of Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. She has survived abuse first from her father and then from her husband. She is, in some ways, typical of the women who come to the clinic. “Before, I had no […]
Child mental health and exclusion
As mental ill health in young people rises, and more children are subject to interaction with social care services each year, more children are being educated in the alternative provision sector for excluded pupils. On mental health awareness day, a new report by the think tank IPPR outlines a solution to reduce exclusions in England […]