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A flawed reporting system has made it possible for care providers to record ECT use internally, but not disclose it to NHS Digital, the national body responsible for health and social care data tells Mental Health Today. NHS Digital say they will continue withholding the data they do hold on ECT and advocacy unless and until a five figure 'request fee' is paid.

One child in every twelve in the UK risks having "behavioural problems from a young age into their teenage years", putting them at risk of a lifetime of disadvantage and poor health.

Mental Health Today received over 1,000 responses in the first two weeks of a survey measuring your views on the mental health content that should make up the much-anticipated new syllabuses.

Seni's Law will mean better data will now have to be collected, to facilitate the monitoring of progress and highlighting of any problem areas.

120 organisations supported an open letter to the government last week calling on the Chancellor to put children at the heart of spending plans.

How the Change 100 scheme gives disabled students and graduates not only a paid internship, but the confidence to navigate the workplace.

Mental health care professions are advised in the framework to follow the latest strong evidence that psychological therapies, specifically dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), can effectively prevent the repetition of self-harm by adults.

Black adults least likely to have access to counselling, therapy or medication and most likely to be detained for their mental health.

Anna Freud, The National Children's Bureau and Young Minds are among those backing a letter directed to Philip Hammond and Prime Minister Theresa May.

British Olympian Colin Jackson and former Premier League footballer Clarke Carlisle discussed anorexia and suicide at a special event staged for October's Black History Month.

Figures were obtained ahead of this year’s National Hate Crime Awareness Week, which runs until Saturday 20 October.

A round-up of World Mental Health Day 2018's highlights.