RCN to lobby for acute care patients with dementia
08 Jul 2016
Results of a survey by MQ: Transforming Mental Health
08 Jul 2016
08 Jul 2016
Review of ‘Latest trends in ADHD drug prescribing patterns in children in the UK’
08 Jul 2016
Study finds 4% of the population are affected by anxiety disorders
08 Jul 2016
Review of ‘changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012
08 Jul 2016
Geoff Brennan works anywhere there is a mental health ward or a mental health patient on a ward.
05 Jul 2016
RCN survey reveals that 45% of nurses think dementia will be the biggest health issue in the future.
05 Jul 2016
Only about one third of parents think their child in getting effective help
05 Jul 2016

Research looked at 48 studies and suggests anxiety is more common than previously thought.

05 Jul 2016

Prince Williams speaks out and becomes first royal to appear on cover of Attitude magazine.

05 Jul 2016

It was great to see the nurses behind the Health Equalities Framework (HEF) receive the RCNi Learning Disability Nursing award.

25 May 2016

Nurses who are under investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) often have to wait months, even years, before their cases are heard. As you can imagine, waiting under such circumstances can take its toll on their mental health.

10 May 2016

Colin Parish reports from this year’s Positive Choices learning disability nursing students’ conference.

26 Apr 2016

It is refreshing to learn that a senior civil servant has been frank about the state of finances and the workforce in NHS mental health services.

12 Apr 2016

Nursing is a job in which the relationship between professional and client transcends normal social boundaries. This is because nurses remain with the people they support at every stage of their lives, including their deaths.

29 Mar 2016

Learning disability nurses are different from their colleagues in other disciplines. Adult nurses look after sick adults, children’s nurses look after sick kids, and mental health nurses look after people with mental distress.

29 Feb 2016

Feeling depressed has many causes, many of which are not obvious, writes Mental Health Practice editor Colin Parish

17 Feb 2016