Shock figures show extent of self-harm in English teenagers
The Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) report, due to be published in the autumn, will reveal that of the 6,000 young people aged 11, 13 and 15 surveyed across England – […]
Living with anxiety is hard, but there are coping mechanisms
What’s it like? It’s not unlike having a bit of food stuck in your throat. You can’t breathe. Your head is spinning. Your heart is pounding in your chest and soon […]
Is Self-Sabotaging holding you back?
The critical inner voice doesn’t represent a positive sense of self that you can entrust in. Rather, it epitomizes a cruel “anti-self,” a part inside us that is turned against us. It […]
Mental health at work: survey finds 30% of people have problems coping
http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/mental-health-work-problems-coping-depression-awareness-week Survey data at Robertson Cooper including more than 100,000 people in the UK working population, found 30% say they sometimes feel unable to cope, 32% have mood swings and […]
Understanding OCD
It is hard to communicate obsession – severe, clinical obsession, a true monopoly of thought. Here is the best description I have. Consider a computer, and the various windows and separate […]
Self-harm sites and cyberbullying: the threat to children from web’s dark side
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/10/self-harm-sites-cyberbullying-suicide-web Fears about self-harm sites have been growing since the suicides of two teenagers who, it emerged, were obsessed with self-harm and depression blogs, with mental health campaigners and experts […]
Clare’s law letting women know if partner has abusive past rolled out
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/mar/08/clares-law-partners-abusive-past Women will be able to find out if their partners have an abusive past as the domestic violence disclosure scheme – known as Clare’s law – is rolled out […]
Self-harm ‘motivated primarily by bullying’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26357962 A large survey looking into why young people self-harm has revealed that being bullied is the main reason they first injure themselves.
Britain’s male suicide rate is a national tragedy | Ally Fogg
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/feb/20/britain-male-suicide-rate-tragedy-failure The suicide rate for men is now three and a half times that of women. Breaking down the statistics, the most worrying trend is a rise in the rate […]
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