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Mental health, learning disability and social care: protecting human rights in the austerity crisis

Mental health, learning disability and social care: protecting human rights in the austerity crisis

Posted on 9 July 2016 by Julie Doughty

This conference held in Cardiff on 24 June, was organised by the Centre for Health and Social Care Law and Hafal, Wales’ leading charity for people with serious mental illness […]

Understanding the causes of perinatal mental illness by working with those who’ve lived through it

Understanding the causes of perinatal mental illness by working with those who’ve lived through it

Posted on 8 July 2016 by Professor Ian Jones

The post was originally published on MRC Insight under CC BY 4.0 More than 1 in 10 women experience an episode of mental illness in pregnancy or following childbirth. Perinatal […]

Increasing mental health awareness in Huntington’s Disease

Increasing mental health awareness in Huntington’s Disease

Posted on 27 June 2016 by Dr Emma Yhnell

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a disorder of the brain, a neurodegenerative disease, which is caused by brain cells gradually dying. HD has a genetic cause, which means if you have […]

Blowing the whistle on Mental Health

Blowing the whistle on Mental Health

Posted on 13 June 2016 by Alison Tobin

Former rugby referee and NCMH Research Champion Clive Norling shares his experience of depression and explains why he got involved in our research.

Mental health: United we stand, divided we fall

Mental health: United we stand, divided we fall

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Professor Michael Owen

Mental health is never far from the headlines these days and this is as it should be. One in four of us will suffer from some form of mental ill […]

Understanding mental health systems and services

Understanding mental health systems and services

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Ben Hannigan

Working in collaboration with colleagues across the UK, including with people who have directly used services, researchers in the School of Healthcare Sciences at Cardiff University study mental health systems. […]

Back from the brink

Back from the brink

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Alison Tobin

Neurogeneticist Professor Michael O' Donovan led the biggest ever genetic study of schizophrenia ever conducted, shedding light on the biological cause of the condition. Mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin who […]

Healthy people can hear voices, too

Healthy people can hear voices, too

Posted on 6 June 2016 by Clara Humpston

Most of us have come across the odd person on the street mumbling to themselves, as if they were engaging in a conversation with someone else. They often appear totally […]