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Racial inequality in mental health services: we can’t fix the problem if we don’t have the data

By Dharmi Kapadia Filed Under: All posts, Ethnicity Posted: July 1, 2016

An extra £1 billion a year by 2020-21 and a pledge from NHS England to help a million more people facing mental health problems was announced earlier this year. Recommendations included the appointment of an “equalities champion”. But, argues Dr Dharmi Kapadia, while racial inequalities in mental health treatment are apparent, how can they be tackled […]

Cumulative risks and final straws: what leads to children and young people taking their own lives?

By Cathryn Rodway Filed Under: All posts Posted: May 26, 2016

A new study has identified numerous, complex factors and a pattern of cumulative risk and final straw stresses that may contribute to suicide risk in children and young people. Cathryn Rodway outlines what the findings tell us and points to issues that policymakers should consider for this tragic cause of death in young people. Along with colleagues […]

Can routine hospital care after self-harm save lives?

By Sarah Steeg and Dr Pauline Turnbull Filed Under: All posts, Featured Posted: September 10, 2015

A new study has shown just how high the risks of suicide and all-cause death can be for patients who have self-harmed. Here Sarah Steeg and Pauline Turnbull, joint authors of the study, explain that it is not all bad news. Using real-world data on people who go to hospital emergency departments following self-harm, we […]

Lessons from the Caribbean on integrated healthcare

By Dawn Edge Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: June 23, 2015

The NHS has much that it could learn from integrated mental health and primary care in the Caribbean, explains Dr Dawn Edge. The government has signalled that health and social care providers must move from ‘engagement’ to full ‘integration’. While the details are being worked out, there is some (albeit muted) disquiet that mental healthcare […]

Integrating physical and mental healthcare for people with multi-morbidity

By Peter Coventry Filed Under: All posts Posted: June 22, 2015

Multi-morbidity – having more than one long-term health condition, often affecting mental health – is a worsening problem. In the first of two blogs considering the issue, Dr Peter Coventry explains there are ways to improve care. Of the 53 million people living in England, more than 15 million live with a long-term health condition […]

Time to tackle the big issues in black and minority ethnic mental health

By Dawn Edge Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: April 28, 2014

Against the backdrop of continued policy failures, the time has come to do something that fundamentally changes the way African Caribbean people come into contact with mental health services, says Dr Dawn Edge. Decades of research consistently report that African Caribbean people in the UK are at significantly greater risk of being diagnosed with psychoses […]

Racial inequality in mental health services: we can’t fix the problem if we don’t have the data

Cumulative risks and final straws: what leads to children and young people taking their own lives?

Can routine hospital care after self-harm save lives?

Lessons from the Caribbean on integrated healthcare

Integrating physical and mental healthcare for people with multi-morbidity

Time to tackle the big issues in black and minority ethnic mental health

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