Blog: Anxiety

A survey conducted by the teachers’ union NASUWT into teacher wellbeing has found that nine in ten teachers (91%) have experienced more work-related stress in the last 12 months.

Prevention and early intervention are crucial as the number of under-19s seeking help mental health support has increased 55% over the last two years, concludes an evaluation from the British Psychological Society.

Online mental health support for university students can offer extra help to those affected by the pandemic, finds a report produced by the Centre for Mental Health.

As discussions around men's mental health become more prevalent, an emerging topic is gaining traction: postnatal depression in men. Just how common is it? And why are we so resistant in understanding the mental health of men in the perinatal and postnatal period in the same way as women's?

On Tuesday, the Department for Education announced that wellbeing scores for children and young people are up and that their rollout of Mental Health Support Teams is exceeding their 2017 targets. However, on the same say, MPs on the Commons education committee heard that Government policy still 'lacks the ambition' necessary to tackle the systemic problems of provision and access within children's mental health services.