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The independent health and science charitable foundation, Wellcome, has announced the winners of their photography competition. The stories told visually talk about coping during the pandemic, and a family blighted by depression.

Last week marked the 10 year anniversary of Amy Winehouse's untimely death. In the years since her name has lived on not only in her music but in her family's charitable work with addictions.

In this article we look at how the recent government response to proposed Mental Health Act reforms fails to address the institutionalised racism within the Act. 

With a sharp rise in eating disorders among under 20s, Bupa UK has provided us with some advice on why this might be as well as how we can talk to young people about eating disorders. 

St John Ambulance is calling on employers to be part of the solution to the mental health impact of Covid-19, as they launch a range of new courses on how to talk about mental health with employees and colleagues.

NHS England has announced a set of waiting time standards to improve access to urgent mental health care.

Earlier this year the Government announced their plans to reform the Mental Health Act, a piece of legislation that allows for the treatment of people experiencing a mental health crisis. Recently the Government has released the responses that received from the public as to their reforms.

The Mental Health Foundation have released guidance to advise people on making informed decisions on cosmetic procedures in conjunction with the JCCP and British Beauty Council.

Health and social care organisation Turning Point has released a new guide that aims to "fill the gaps" between mental health and substance misuse services.

Some psychiatric medication such as antidepressants and antipsychotics can make it harder to temperature regulate. The current heatwave in the UK makes it all the more important to know which ones.

A survey conducted by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapists has concluded that for many people mental health services are not meeting their needs.

New research from the Mental Health Foundation expands upon their longitudinal study into the impact of the pandemic on mental health, this time focusing on teenagers.