A conference, organised by the Church of Scotland’s Simpson House counselling service, for Edinburgh’s counselling professionals has been held in the city to discuss public sector cuts, drug addiction, alcohol misuse and affordable housing. It allowed professionals the platform to speak about their experiences and share best practice when helping some of the city’s most read more »

Renewed calls have been made by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) to have a trained counsellor available at every school in Scotland. The BACP already has over 1,500 members in Scotland and 35,000 across the UK and carry out work with the private, public and voluntary sectors. In 2004, over 55,000 Scottish read more »

A Buckinghamshire based charity that was facing closure following cuts to council spending has been saved by a supermarket giant after they said they would help to raise the funds to save it from the axe. The Milton Keynes Bereavement Service was due to close in 2012 after it had its £7,000 funding cut. However, read more »

Counselling sessions have been offered to the 28 Metropolitan Police officers selected to accompany the Olympic Torch on its 70 day journey across the country. The 28 officers will be running alongside the torch and whoever is bearing it for over two months, ensuring that potential attacks are kept at bay. The officers have received read more »

New guidelines have recommended that women requesting a caesarean due to natural birth fear should be offered psychiatric counselling. A fear of natural births among women who are expecting now means that there are twice as many caesareans than there were 30 years ago. Numerous leading health professionals have expressed concern over the fact that read more »

The Relationships Foundation has released details of a large study revealing that rising levels of debt, poverty and long unsocial working hours means Britain ranks among the worst countries in Europe for families. The Family Pressure Gauge report found that money worries, poor living conditions and a lack of support from parents all played a read more »

Research has revealed that individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia can have a life expectancy significantly lower than the national average, reports BBC News. A london based study which tracked electronic medical records of over 30,000 patients found that many people were dying early from stroke, heart attack and read more »

We already know there has been a huge increase in the number of individuals seeking debt advice during unsocial hours, but now even more recent research has revealed that financial insecurity could be fuelling a rise in depression among Brits. According to figures obtained by the BBC, the number of prescriptions for anti-depressant drugs such read more »

According to a recent study conducted by researchers from University College London’s Institute of Child Health, there were 208 recorded cases of eating disorders among children under 13 during their 14 month study. Dr Dasha Nicholls who is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and lead researcher on the project, said : ‘Our study gives read more »

Care services minister Paul Burstow has recently announced the launch of a new government campaign which hopes to increase awareness of the early symptoms and signs of dementia. According to research and statistics, almost 400,000 individuals in England may not be receiving the proper help they need because they have not yet been officially diagnosed. read more »