There are various things going on at the moment that got me thinking about male mental health. Here are a range of different issues that have hit my radar over the last few years – 1. We know that around 75% of suicides are men – we also know that men are less likely to […]

The history of disasters in policing and mental health arise from the fact that the police actually did exactly what the NHS explicitly sought or implicitly wanted them to do. Therefore, putting NHS staff alongside police officers, whilst it may bring very real benefits to some, will also bring an extra pressure dynamic to bear […]

I’m just going to focus on two reports this month which are worthy of note for different reasons but which both relate to the management of risks and the use of restraint: The first comes from Mind following an investigation into the nature and extent of restraint in mental health hospitals; the second is a […]