Tag: anxiety
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What do the Bridgend suicides teach us about best practices in suicide reporting?
How suicides are reported can influence the triggering of more. Allow me to explain… What happened? Silent shockwaves rippled out from the small town of Bridgend, in South Wales, spreading throughout the UK. Between 27th December 2007 and 19th February 2008 there was a cluster of 10 lives taken by suicide in Bridgend and the…
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Closing the Treatment Gap for Depression: An Integrated Mental Health and Employment Support Model
On average, countries dedicate less than 2% of their healthcare budgets to mental health (WHO 2021), despite the substantial number of people (i.e. one person in every eight [WHO 2021]) around the world living with a mental disorder. Out of the meagre 2% of the healthcare budget allocated to mental healthcare in these countries, 70%…
Cari Mayhew healthcare content Writer 