Mind news and press releases
The latest news from the leading mental health charity in England and Wales.
Below you'll find all the latest news from Mind. In this section you can also learn about the services our media office can provide, and find a list of Mind's spokespeople.
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England and Wales:
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17 May 2006
Mind announces 2006 Book of the Year award winner
Mind Book of the Year 2006: Valerie Mason-John takes prize for first novel Borrowed Body.
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17 May 2006
Mind Journalist of the Year award announced
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27 April 2006
Mind celebrates 60 years of speaking out
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4 April 2006
Mind celebrates Big Lottery Fund research grant
Mental health charity Mind today celebrated a £374,655 Big Lottery Fund grant for research into the care of people with chronic depression.
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21 February 2006
Mind announces new Chief Executive
Mind today welcomes Paul Farmer as its new Chief Executive, starting in May 2006, during the charity's 60th anniversary year.
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10 October 2005
Mind exposes severe neglect of older people
New research highlights services cut-off, lack of treatment choice, age discrimination by GPs, lack of suicide prevention policy, high levels of ECT, and diagnosis failure.
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8 September 2005
Mind releases latest drugs report: Coping with coming off exposes serious difficulties in doctor-patient relationship
Of patients interviewed, 40 per cent saw their GPs as "not helpful" in the process, making them the least helpful source of advice and support, with 10 per cent stating that GPs "made things worse".
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22 August 2005
Mind concerned as new study links Seroxat to increased risk of suicide
Following a BBC Panorama documentary on paroxetine in 2002, 1,374 people called or emailed the programme makers about their experiences or the experiences of loved ones.
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19 July 2005
Mental health services still falling behind
The annual report to Parliament on the state of healthcare in England and Wales focused for the first time on the experience of patients.
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19 July 2005
Mental health services still falling behind
The annual report to Parliament on the state of healthcare in England and Wales focused for the first time on the experience of patients.
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9 June 2005
Mind governed by experience
73 per cent of Mind Trustees bring direct experience to lead mental health charity.
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20 May 2005
Mind comments on the case of Glaister Earl Butler
The knee-jerk and sensationalist response seen in some sections of the media is harmful in its generalist approach, equating people with mental health problems with dangerousness.
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19 May 2005
The Archers and Joanna Bennett announced as Mind Champions of the Year
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18 May 2005
Journalist of the Year 2005 announced
Mind announces the unanimous winner of Mind's Journalist of the Year 2005: Joanna Kowalski, Nottingham Evening Post, only the second ever regional journalist to win.
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18 May 2005
Mind Book of the Year Award 2005 winner announced
Mind Book of the Year Award 2005 goes to Siân Busby for The Cruel Mother.