Mental health problems are more common amongst city dwellers – but why? Is it the stress? The noise? The lack of green spaces? A study involving scientists from King’s College London, architects from J & L Gibbons, artists from Nomad Projects and design experts from the Van Alen Institute, is trying to find out how the urban landscape affects how we feel. Continue reading
A link here to an article I wrote for Prospect last month on who looks after the psychological wellbeing of overseas volunteers in Sierra Leone.
A clear summary from the King’s Fund published this month outlines the findings from their “Better value in the NHS” full report. Responding to the recent call for £22 billion efficiency savings, it highlights the key point that: “focusing on the monetary value of the challenge risks missing the real essence of the task… which is about getting better value from the NHS budget.” Continue reading
The Economist’s special report this month is on mental illness. It’s well worth a read. As you’d expect it has some interesting stats, some lovely infographics, and is written engagingly by John Prideaux. Continue reading
A campaign launched by Time to Change in Spring of this year aims to get rid of “headclutcher” pictures in articles about mental health. The campaign was started as a response to the wealth of images accompanying articles about mental illness which have someone sat with their head in their hands, as highlighted by twitter users with the #headclutcher hashtag. Continue reading
Dr Gemma Modinos, Neuroscientist, speaking at Pint of Science
I went to some great Pint of Science nights recently, the annual festival where scientists give talks in pubs. I saw Professor Jon Cooper speak about his research into Batten’s Disease, Dr Claire Troake describe the Brain Bank where people can donate their brain tissue after death, Dr Gemma Modinos describe her research into social and emotional aspects of psychosis and Dr Nigel Blackwood talk about psychopathic traits. Continue reading
With the UK election nearly upon us I was curious to see some of the stats in this King’s Fund report on the NHS under the coalition government. Continue reading
A link here to a piece I wrote for Prospect magazine last week on young people hearing voices.
New research from the Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), shows an increase in UK girls reporting emotional differences in the last five years. Continue reading
Last week the UK Government’s Child Mental Health Taskforce published a report: Future In Mind – Promoting, protecting and improving our children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. Continue reading
Psychology magpie 