The Court of Appeal upholds ruling that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.
A survey carried out by Mind last year found that 83 % of
people with mental health problems felt that the «help» they received in job centres and on the Work Programme actually made their health worse, while 76 % said it left them feeling less able to work than they were before.
Many of our members -
including people with mental health problems and their carers - shared their experiences with us and we gave our evidence to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs to help with the review process.
This suggests that young
people with mental health problems keep blaming themselves for these, rather than appreciating external stressors such as pressures arising from school work or financial difficulties.»
Stuber and her colleagues found that mental health workers who had at least a four - year college degree, a job position denoting greater seniority (for example, program manager) and a mental illness themselves had more positive attitudes
about people with mental health problems.
Mind provides direct support to over a quarter of a million people each year and their ambition is that by 2016 millions
more people with mental health problems will have the support and respect they need and deserve.
And the other person may simply trust that the court will figure things out, when in fact it is an adversarial process of arguing your case, which is something that ordinary people don't usually do but high
conflict people with mental health problems often do.
Addiction is common
in people with mental health problems, because this population tends to self - medicate generally thinking that the elusive «high» would induce calmness, thus reducing anxiety or fears.
An Australian study of child and adolescent mental wellbeing conducted in 2000 found that 14 % of children and adolescents in Australia have mental health problems, yet only 25 % of young
persons with mental health problems access professional help for these problems.
Ministers have argued that it provides more help
for people with mental health problems, while at the same time ensuring doctors can admit patients for treatment or detain them where necessary, for example for public safety.
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling which found that the process used to decide whether hundreds of thousands of people are eligible for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
disadvantages people with mental health problems, learning disabilities and autism.
Six of England's leading mental health organisations have joined forces to produce a manifesto, laying out what the next Government must do to improve the lives
of people with mental health problems.
The allegations are that he failed to identify Mr Rigg as
a person with mental health problems and failed to ensure he was safe while under arrest and received proper medical attention.
Initially running a few raw chocolate workshops for
people with mental health problems and seeing the joy it brought them, he decided to start making his own raw chocolate whilst carrying on the day job.
An eight - month investigation by parliamentarians warned of a total breakdown of safeguards in the system, with rape victims and
people with mental health problems being locked up indefinitely in detention centres despite Home Office assurances.
Gathering evidence can be very challenging for
people with mental health problems, learning disabilities or autism whose health or condition can make it hard for them to understand or navigate the complex processes involved in being assessed.
«Jeremy is incredibly concerned that
people with mental health problems shouldn't be stigmatised.
People with mental health problems are locked up for years on end, with no - one telling them when they might be released.
«Leaving the elderly to struggle, closing refuges to desperate women and children, sanctioning disabled people and
people with mental health problems, thousands dying after being declared «fit for work».»
Wednesday, 10 October - Four leading mental health charities are launching a guide today to provide practical advice for
people with mental health problems and their families, on how they can have their voices heard in the mental health system and hold services to account.
People with mental health problems ought to be able to feel confident that, should they be detained under section, powers to detain and treat them and make decisions on their behalf will be used with great care and for the right reasons.