Colin Parish
Hospital wards should be adapted for dementia care
RCN to lobby for acute care patients with dementia
Parents see mental health diagnosis as a ‘life sentence’
Results of a survey by MQ: Transforming Mental Health
Drug treatment of childhood ADHD levels off in UK
Review of ‘Latest trends in ADHD drug prescribing patterns in children in the UK’
Anxiety is more likely in under 35s
Study finds 4% of the population are affected by anxiety disorders
Rise in UK teenage poisonings among girls
Review of ‘changes in poisonings among adolescents in the UK between 1992 and 2012
My job: mental health charity director Geoff Brennan
Geoff Brennan works anywhere there is a mental health ward or a mental health patient on a...
Hospital wards should be adapted for dementia care
RCN survey reveals that 45% of nurses think dementia will be the biggest health issue in the...
Diagnosis of mental illness seen as a ‘life sentence’ for children
Only about one third of parents think their child in getting effective help
Anxiety is more likely in under 35s
Research looked at 48 studies and suggests anxiety is more common than previously thought.
Prince says ‘no one should be bullied over sexuality’
Prince Williams speaks out and becomes first royal to appear on cover of Attitude magazine.
Making a huge difference
It was great to see the nurses behind the Health Equalities Framework (HEF) receive the RCNi Learning Disability Nursing award .
NMC hearings have a health risk
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.
Nursing students urged to build a global network
Colin Parish reports from this year’s Positive Choices learning disability nursing students’ conference.
Three cheers for the truth
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.
Nurses grieve too
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.
From cradle to grave
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.
When the drugs don’t work
Feeling depressed has many causes, many of which are not obvious, writes Mental Health Practice editor Colin Parish