Despite Everything Trust Implements Massive Cuts!

Mental health trust axes 39 jobs despite fears for service ALICE MCKEEGAN. MANCHESTER Mental Health and Social Care Trust has announced plans to cut 39 posts, ‘ Including some frontline roles. As revealed In the MEN earlier this year, bosses were consulting on the proposals to axe the community positions and now the board has […]

Trend of drug misuse is alarming medical experts & policymakers in the USA !

Trend of drug misuse is alarming medical experts & policymakers in the USA !

Could this Simple Vitamin Help Treat Psychotic Disorders Better than Drugs? By Dr. Mercola A growing trend of drug misuse is alarming medical experts, policymakers, and patient advocates. In recent years, there has been a massive increase in off-label use of a class of drugs called “atypical niacantipsychotics.” These drugs, which include Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and […]

Nursing Staff Spending More Time As Advocates.

Nursing Staff Spending More Time As Advocates.

Welfare reforms see mental health teams taking on more advocacy roles Community mental health teams are having to spend an increasing amount of time helping service users claim benefits The Masked AMHP Guardian Professional, Tuesday 29 May 2012 10.30 BST   Professionals working in community mental health teams have ever increasing work pressures. The current […]

Well Done To All Involved In This Achievement From MUN!

Well Done To All Involved In This Achievement From MUN!

Worthy runner-up: Manchester’s Mental Health and Social Care Trust gains national praise in award ceremony Posted Monday, May 21, 2012 – 14:06 By Darren Heath     Manchester’s Mental Health and Social Care Trust received national praise at an awards ceremony last week for its work in treating alcohol disorders – being named ahead of […]

Linseed Can Help More Than Your Cricket Bat :

Linseed Can Help More Than Your Cricket Bat :

What can transform someone from being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and chronic fatigue syndrome to a state of total mental and physical wellbeing? As James Boschman discovered, omega-3 fatty acids can work those wonders and more. Within three weeks of incorporating flax seed — the highest known vegetable source of omega-3s — into his diet, he was sleeping normally and, in his words, “not crazy anymore,” as the omega-3 fatty acids leveled out the wild fluctuations in his brain.

Brain Imaging Study to help with Understanding of ‘Bipolar Disorder’

Brain Imaging Study to help with Understanding of ‘Bipolar Disorder’

   Understanding Bipolar Disorder     Brain Imaging Study Would you like to take part ? Our study involves playing a Roulette game whilst we monitor brain activity It takes place at the University of Manchester scanning facility We are looking for people who: Have a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder Aged 18-50 years    The Scanner […]

Sinead O’Connor’s sad slide from being pop’s most ethereal beauty

Sinead O’Connor’s sad slide from being pop’s most ethereal beauty

Overweight and dressed in a drab, shapeless trouser suit, the woman performing on stage is a million miles away from the sort of primped and preened pop princesses we have become used to. The brown hair, with its suspiciously home-cut looking fringe, gives away no clues as to her identity. When she opens her mouth […]

RESEARCH STUDY: Bipolar disorder and the impact on family relationships ‘please help if you can’

RESEARCH STUDY: Bipolar disorder and the impact on family relationships ‘please help if you can’

“If you have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and would like to help with research looking into bipolar disorder and the impact on family relationships please read on, without volunteers psychological research would grind to a standstill, you will be very much appreciated by some pretty clever people for taking part in the study” – Rob, […]