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FE Mental Health Series | ‘My brother’s schizophrenia showed me society’s lack of support for the mentally ill’
Usually described as a splitting or multiple personality disorder, the concept of schizophrenia is not entirely but rather a ...
Concern that NHS ‘not learning’ from mental health death reports
The Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) has published a report about investigations conducted after a patient ...
Mental health services 'still not learning' from mental health inpatient deaths
The report from the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) revealed critical gaps in the safety and ...
Mental health care clinicians typically ask only certain patients about firearm access, study finds
Many mental health care clinicians don't ask all of their patients whether they have access to firearms, an important step in ...
Colorado clinic explores different ways to address mental health with ketamine-assisted therapy
A clinic in Arapahoe County is exploring new ways to help patients by offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
Ninety hours in emergency: Leaked patient list reveals dire effects of psychiatrist crisis
Severely ill and distressed patients are waiting three and a half days in emergency for mental health beds that don’t exist in a shocking escalation of the state’s psychiatrist workforce crisis.
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Mental health: Lessons not being learnt from inpatient deaths, says safety body
A culture of fear and blame, systemic problems with data collection, and lack of patient and family involvement are ...
Psychiatrists ‘can’t assess if patients have mental capacity to want to end their lives’
Psychiatrists cannot assess whether assisted dying patients have the mental capacity to decide to end their own lives, MPs ...
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Kentucky issues first medical marijuana patient cards
Kentucky has issued its first medical marijuana patient cards. Gov. Andy Beshear presented the cards to Dr. Ryan Grell and Merissa Khumalo on Thursday. They are two of 2,200 Kentuckians who have been ...
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Hundreds of thousands of patients to get faster access to NHS care as targets halved under new guidance
The NHS will focus on delivering faster treatment for hundreds of thousands of patients – including for planned surgeries and emergency care – as the number of national targets is almost halved under ...
I’m An ER Doctor. When I Became A Patient For The First Time, I Was Shocked By What I Experienced.
I left understanding why patients often distrust the medical system or leave hospitals against medical advice.” ...