Hospitals see slide in number of patients with mental illnesses  THE number of people admitted to hospital with mental health issues has dropped by a quarter...
Patient wins legal challenge to mental health laws  A woman with a history of mental illness has won her High Court challenge against her involuntary...
Mental health fear over recession  Recession will cause an "epidemic of mental distress" as vulnerable individuals buckle under the strain of unemployment,...
Sharp rise in hospital car park fees ‘a tax on the sick’ The cost of parking at NHS hospitals and clinics has risen by more than a quarter in four years,...
Several diseases can affect mental health, eg Stroke, Brain Tumour, Meningitis and many others, so I can't understand why the word "disease" should be...
Wow! Ian this topic certainly hit a nerve! And indeed what is in a word? I must admit the word disease placed next to MH has never entered my head, I have...
Thank's for that mammoth message - I just hope that people would not use the word 'disease' in the same breath as mental health as they are two seperate things...
Thank's for that mammoth message - I just hope that people would not use the word 'disease' in the same breath as mental health as they are two seperate things...
I am having difficulty with this, what's in a word? A "quick Google" of "definition illness" revealed the following:- Definitions of illness on the Web: *...
The word disease implies, in it's current usage, that it's something that can be cured with medicine. I expect it was first coined for mental illhealth or...
   Dear All,  Please see below the link to the Supporting People DVD:  http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/applications/old/supporting_people/index.htm  ...
It is the "use" of words that bothers me. 'Disease' is cureable, whereas 'condition' in respect of mental ill health is treatable with no cure. Also mental ill...
It's a matter of usage of a word, isn't it? Meanings change over time, sometimes for the worse. But then we don't get 'humours', 'flux' and 'rheum' used in...
Hi Rob I personally never use the term disease, although having just looked up the meaning of disease in my dictionary it states: Absence of ease: an unhealthy...
Register now for the NHS Centre for Involvement Conference and Awards 25th November 2008 Involving, Engaging, Empowering – PPI in Action at the heart...
OK, I am incensed that so many people see mental ill health as a "disease" rather than a condition. Â Can I ask for your views please ? Â www.aimhighpeak.com...
Dear Rethink campaigner, Consultation on NICE guidelines for treating schizophrenia – have your say! The National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence...
I have just been watching the local news and the subject of mental health a stigma has come up. There is a questionnaire on the BBC website asking about how...
Yes Mick the STR job description is on the dept of health website. My job description was based around this when I first changed job titles, I did do the STR...
https://www.cas.dh.gov.uk/ViewAndAcknowledgment/viewAlert.aspx?AlertID=101107 The European Medicines Agency has completed a review of rimonabant (Acomplia, a...
I think I've a leaflet somewhere on STaR Workers. It is a nationally recognised post and the job description origianlly came via a Dept of Health booklet which...
Hi When I was first employed to work with carers My job title was Carers Development Worker. I obviously had a job description (not in a electronic document...
Hi Does anyone have a job description for a Carer Development Worker they'd be willingto share? Any info about this sort of post/worker would be really ...
Mentally ill face four-year wait for treatment MENTAL health patients are being forced to wait more than four and a half years to see a psychologist, Scotland...
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