The Independent – A New Vision for Mental Health

Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns

Author: Editorial 25th May 2023 0 Comments

Rebecca Thomas reports for The Independent: “Mental health hospitals for children are making patients worse, a major charity has found, as more than half of those they treat report negative experiences. Britain’s child inpatient mental health units are being used as…
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children and adolescents, coercive psychiatry, in-patient experiences, inpatient mental health units, Rebecca Thomas, restraint, The Independent

Psychedelic drug trip improves symptoms of depression for six months, breakthrough study finds

Author: Editorial 6th April 2023 0 Comments

Nina Massey reports for The Independent: “A psychedelic drug that gives trips lasting half an hour improves the symptoms of moderate to severe depression for up to six months, early trial results suggest. Biotechnology company Small Pharma announced the results of…
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depression, Dimethyltryptamine, Nina Massey, Psychedelic-assisted therapy, Robin Carhart-Harris, Small Pharma, The Independent

Toxic workplaces increase risk of depression by 300%, researchers find

Author: Editorial 24th June 2021 0 Comments

This report come from Rory Sullivan, writing for The Independent. It begins: “Staff who work for organisations that disregard their employees ’ wellbeing are three times more likely than their peers to have depression , according to a new study. Researchers at the University of South Australia…
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depression, employees, Psychosocial Safety Climate Observatory, Rory Sullivan, The Independent, University of South Australia, wellbeing, workplace

I’ve experimented with psychedelic drugs to improve my mental health – don’t call me a ‘waster’

Author: Editorial 10th June 2021 0 Comments

In an article published in The Independent, Kiran Sidhu writes : “There’s a strength and a maturity in seeing things the way they are and not how you want them to be. MDMA and psychedelic therapy have been used as tools for…
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antidepressants, Awakn Life Sciences, Culture & Society, Kiran Sidhu, psychedelic drugs, The Independent

Sravya Attaluri: The activist of colour who is shaking up mental health and feminism through art

Author: Editorial 17th May 2021 0 Comments

Peony Hirwani reports for The Independent: “For years Sravya Attaluri, a third culture child, struggled to fit in and understand her place in the diverse foreign countries where she grew up. Today this 25-year-old artist and woman of colour, with…
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art, Culture & Society, feminism, Our Streets Now, Peony Hirwani, Sravya Attaluri, The Independent, third-cultured

Taking MDMA could help to treat alcoholism, study suggests

Author: Editorial 1st March 2021 0 Comments

Chiara Giordano reports for The Independent: “Taking MDMA could help treat alcohol addiction , according to a new study. During an eight-week trial in Bristol, 14 people with alcohol problems were given a controlled amount of the party drug, also known as ecstasy , during…
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alcohol dependence, alcoholism, Ben Sessa, Chiara Giordano, ecstasy, Imperial College London, Journal of Psychopharmacology, MDMA, Research, The Independent

As a teenager, I believe our mental health is harmed by this dehumanising education system

Author: Editorial 4th September 2019 0 Comments

Writing in The Independent , Romy McCarthy says: “On GCSE results day this week, I couldn’t help but cast my mind back to the daunting day last year as I walked through the school gates with my parents, trying my best to…
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children and adolescents, Education, exams, GCSE results, Romy McCarthy, schoolchildren, schools, The Independent

Green neighbourhoods linked to improved mental health, says study

Author: Editorial 1st August 2018 0 Comments

The Independent newspaper reports (April 2018) that: “Natural neighbourhoods lined with trees, gardens, and flowering plants can be a green ‘pill’ for depression and anxiety, according to the largest study of mental health and nature in British cities. The research, by…
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