The number of young people admitted to hospital after self harming has increased by more the 50% in five year, reports BBC Newsbeat.
Researchers at Oxford and Stirling Universities recently compiled a study in which they asked school children with a history of self harm how they first heard about it. The majority reported learning read more »

Of the 1,000 survivors of the 7/7 attack, a third needed help in coming to terms with event, yet very few were referred for treatment by there GP.
Professor Chris Brewin of the The University College London says that mental health outreach programmes such as the one they set up for the London bombings with read more »

The pilot project which supports armed services personnel who are experiencing mental health issues is to be extended, reports BBC News.
The scheme has been trialled in Cardiff and two other areas and proved to be such a success that it is now being extended to cover the whole of Wales.
Government funding of £485,000 read more »

A new care project has shown how literature, music, art and love can improve the lives of dementia suffers reports The Times.
Actress Rita Hayworth was diagnosed with Alzhemier’s in 1981 at the age of 63. Her behaviour was said to have been extremely demanding and difficult. She suffered from anxiety, aggression and agitation all read more »

Parents web forum Mumsnet has called for a new code of practice to be introduced to help women who miscarry.
Last week, a co-founder of Mumsnet Justine Roberts met with representatives from the government the NHS and voluntary organisations to discuss proposals. Many of the points raised are already meant to be implemented by the read more »

A programme aired on BBC2 yesterday evening aimed to highlight how the authorities are playing down the number of murders committed by the mentally ill, reports The Independent.
The head of the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Health Problems (NCISH) has said that approximately 50 people a year who read more »

The Royal College of Psychiatrists (The RCPsych) is calling for warning symbols to be placed on images that have been digitally altered or enhanced and for underweight models to be banned altogether.
Children are now frequently exposed to airbrushed imaged of underweight models, leading them to believe that this is the natural body type they read more »

England’s ageing population will put huge financial pressure on local councils, reports BBC News.
Social care currently racks up a bill of around 9bn a year, a figure that The Audit Commission expects to double by 2026 if current practises continue.
The warning comes as ministers are considering a revamp of the funding system for read more »

Although Dementia now costs the UK economy twice as much as cancer it still only receives a fraction of the funding.
The Alzheimer’s Research Trust has said that for every one pound that is spent on dementia research, 12 times that goes to investigating cancer.
Researchers from Oxford University have compared the cost of caring read more »

A recent Australian study has found that elderly people who are slightly overweight may live longer than those who are not, reports BBC News.
The study had set out to discover what level of body mass index was associated with the lowest risk of death in the elderly and did so by tracking the number read more »