by Peter Beresford OBE There is now widespread concern in the UK that mental health policy is in long-term crisis. It has been given low political priority and been grossly under-funded for many years. While policymakers have committed themselves to achieving ‘parity’ between physical and mental health services, there are few if any convincing signs… Read more »
by Dr. Sarah Maxwell MA (Oxon) MB BS MRCPsych, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, Honorary Senior Lecturer UEA School of Medicine, Winston Churchill Fellow 2016 I confess that I was asked to write a blog about our Youth service set up by the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT)… Read more »
They called me the doctor who prescribed suicide. She was a fully healthy social worker, age 50, who had lost both her two sons in dramatic circumstances. She said: “The only thing for which I am coming to you is to get medicines to have a peaceful death, I’ve buried three graves next to each… Read more »