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Mental Health Foundation to Benefit from Christmas Appeal

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 16:15:14 +0000

The UK's Mental Health Foundation, whose initiatives we often publicise here, has been named as one of 8 charities to benefit from the Guardian newspaper's 2006 Christmas Appeal, which this year focuses on mental health issues across the UK.

Tags: news and research, public health

Free Musical Collage from Guest Contributor Kathryn Keats

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:31:13 +0000

Regular readers will remember Kathryn Keats, the singer and songwriter who penned some guest contributions for us about her experiences being held captive and spending years in a victim witness protection program, unable to perform her music in public. Now she's released the first of her new singles, and you can download a free musical collage of more pieces from her new CD right here.

Tags: relationships, schizophrenia, society

Group Therapy Trainers Add to Criticisms of NHS on Psychological Therapies

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:02:13 +0000

Echoing the conclusions of a report from several UK mental health charities, an organisation which trains group psychotherapists has welcomed the report's call for greater access to psychological therapies in the NHS and says that the NHS is not making full use of practising group psychotherapists.

Tags: news and research, politics, psychiatry, public health, therapy

NHS Failing to Act on Clinical Guidance for Psychological Therapies, Says Report

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:01:41 +0000

The NHS is failing millions of people by ignoring clinical guidelines on psychological therapies, a group of charities warns in a report published today. The report argues that evidence-based talking therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy are as important for the nation's health as any cancer drug or surgical procedure.

Tags: news and research, politics, psychiatry, public health

Seasonal Affective Disorder Advice

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:16:13 +0000

With the clocks going back an hour on Sunday 29 October, the Mental Health Foundation is encouraging people to eat healthily and exercise regularly to ward off the symptoms of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Every year, 1 in 50 people in the UK suffers from SAD, although many do not realise it.

Tags: anxiety and stress, depression, news and research, seasons

BACP Asks That Names Be Removed from Published Account of Confidentiality Violation by Online Therapists

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:54:48 +0000

The BACP has asked that individual practitioners' names be removed from an article published on this site which recounted the details of a violation of client confidentiality by a group of online therapists. While throwing out the majority of claims in a complaint brought by those individuals, and recognizing that the publisher of this site was ethically bound to challenge the incompetence or malpractice of other practitioners, the BACP has deemed that the publisher erred by individually naming those responsible for the violation.

Tags: ethics, online mental health, politics, security and privacy

When Online Therapists Violate Client Confidentiality

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:31:08 +0000

Sometimes online therapists violate the confidentiality of their clients -- and sometimes the field lacks adequate protections for the well-being of those clients. That, unfortunately, is one conclusion of an article we published recounting the facts of how a group of six self-proclaimed 'experts' in online therapy exposed confidential client information on a major web portal. The BACP has upheld our decision to publish this information, provided that the identifying details of relevant professional bodies and those responsible for violating client confidentiality are removed.

Tags: ethics, online mental health, politics, security and privacy

Mental Health Charity Comments on Stigma and On Psychiatric Hospitals

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:49:10 +0000

While I was out of the office last week, two notes came through from the Mental Health Foundation -- one commenting on the UK government's scheme to promote mental well-being at work, and one commenting on a television expose on the poor state of some English psychiatric wards.

Tags: news and research, psychiatry, public health

Charity Says Community Mental Health Services are Shamefully Inadequate

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:01:09 +0000

Patients with mental health problems are being denied a basic level of care, according to the Mental Health Foundation. The claim is included in a highly critical response to a report from the UK's Healthcare Commission into Community Mental Health Services.

Tags: news and research, politics, public health

Free Online Therapy From Mental Health Foundation

Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:54:30 +0000

From the 1st November to 3rd January, visitors to the Mental Health Foundation's website will be able to get free access to Depression Relief -- an online self-help program that uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques.

Tags: CBT, depression, online mental health, public health