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The Royal College of Psychiatrists backs calls by the British Dietetic Association and eating disorder charity Beat to make treatments for eating disorders inclusive for vegans.  

Individuals continue to be uprooted away from their families for mental health care.

Socialisation is increasingly being prescribed by NHS healthcare professionals to tackle loneliness - but is it as beneficial as the government would like you to believe? 

Over a million people will spend public funds on their own behalf through a personal budget, according to a new report from the public services think tank Reform. Reform has published a report on personal budgets, warning the government to "proceed with caution". 

Throughout 2017/18, CQC (Care Quality Commission) carried out visits to mental health wards to meet patients, review their care, and speak to staff on the frontline to inform its annual report to Parliament on how health services in England are applying the Mental Health Act.

Research from King's College London highlights the prevalence of PTSD in young people, with one in 13 having experienced it before age 18. Given that the research fails to recognise post-traumatic reactions other than PTSD, the rate of traumatisation is likely to be higher. 

The NHS Staff and Learners' Mental Wellbeing Commission has just released a report examining the mental health of healthcare students, highlighting the need for the NHS to be proactive in supporting those who have to balance academia and clinical practice. 

The final results from Mental Health Today's Teach Me Well polling reveals public backing for a collaborative approach to shaping mental health language, led by lived experience.

An overwhelming majority of Mental Health Today readers want schools to teach children how to support other children. Here, the Department for Education's draft proposal for the new mental health curriculum is examined in light of Mental Health Today's poll. 

The government will share its finalised plans for mental health education later this month, possibly as early as next week. Lessons will become compulsory next year. 

Place2Be, a children's mental health charity, found a link between "worrying" and lack of sleep. The research highlights the things which children across different age ranges are most likely to worry about, and identifies the copying strategies employed.