Tag: mental health
Opinion: Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live
Penny Pepper
Opinion: Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD
Jay Watts
Opinion: Yes, Mental Health Counts As Disability
Micha Frazer-Carroll
Opinion: Blaming David Amess’ Murder on Social Media Is a Way of Avoiding the Knottier Problems
Ash Sarkar
We don’t yet know what role, if any, social media played in the murder of MP Sir David Amess. But blaming it on that is at best premature, and, at worst, a complete derailment from addressing the trickier root causes.
Report: How We Won: The Mother Who Stopped Her Son’s Deportation
Mark Montegriffo
Opinion: It Isn’t Mental Health ‘Wokeness’ That’s Getting to Piers Morgan – It’s Fear of His Own Irrelevance
Ash Sarkar
Opinion: Rising Unemployment Is Making Us Depressed. But We Are More Than Our Work
Harriet Williamson
Opinion: Being in Prison During Covid-19 Was Hell – but Pandemic or Not, the System Ruins Lives
Sam, as told to Sophie K Rosa
Inmates have endured unthinkable conditions during this pandemic, but even before coronavirus, being in prison was like lockdown on steroids. Sam, who has just finished a 30-month sentence, recounts his experience to Sophie K Rosa.
Report: After Coronavirus, We Need a New Mental Health System
Sophie K Rosa
Opinion: Queer People Have Had to Rely on Each Other This Year, and Christmas Is No Exception
Harry Gay
Report: Psychiatrists Are Covering for Cruelty in Prisons. A Group of Campaigners Wants to Stop Them
Sophie K Rosa
Opinion: Mental Healthcare May Never Recover From Coronavirus
Sian Bradley
Opinion: Policing Has No Place in Mental Health Support
Ed Kiely
The police play a disproportionate role in the UK's mental health system, replicating the same violent, racist logics that underpin its work. Far from expanding its role, not only the institution, but the very act of policing must be abolished, argues Ed Kiely.
Report: Coronavirus Has Left Thousands of Trans People Unable to Access Healthcare
HG
Opinion: Coronavirus Has Had a Devastating Impact on Mental Health, but It Didn’t Have to Be This Way
Harriet Williamson
Report: ‘He should never have been discharged’: How Mental Health Patients Are Being Failed During Lockdown
Natalie Leal