#WMHD17 Articles

Not even the most senior family court judge in the country can get patients a mental health bed, argues Luciana Berger Mental health is on the lips of prime ministers and future kings. Mental health has gone mainstream. We must celebrate that, because the more we talk...

Greater cooperation between the emergency services, social services, doctors and schools is needed to avoid a person's struggle with mental health spiralling into criminality, writes former police officer Dan Heley Policing is in crisis. It has been for years and...

Theresa May promised to tackle the 'burning injustice' of mental health. For the sake of employees, their families and businesses, she must turn that promise into action, writes Lizzy Dobres Today is World Mental Health day, and we are reminded once again that one in...

The government’s empty words on mental health resources are being exposed, explains Joanne Harding As a mental health professional, I support people in crisis every day. As a local councillor and health scrutiny chair, I have read countless strategies outlining the...