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Mental Health Bill makes progress
A private member’s bill that would repeal laws preventing people with mental health problems from serving as MPs, school governors, jurors or company directors received its second reading in the Commons today (14 September).
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Helping staff who have mental health issues
Employers could make a number of adjustments to their workplace to benefit staff with mental health issues.
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Life Happens: Taking psychological concepts and mindfulness to a public audience
Life happens for better and for worse. The workshop is designed to make the combination of psychological concepts and mindfulness work as accessible as possible to a mainstream audience.
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Personal budgets in mental health services
Personal health and social care budgets can help people with a mental health condition to set their own goals and rebuild their lives, according to a briefing p
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On World Suicide Prevention Day the Society joined the campaign to save lives in England
The British Psychological Society welcomes the latest Department of Health Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was published on 10 September 2012. 
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Re-evaluate your life
Inspired Thinking Outside The Box - A program to empower psychologists to seize control of their career and command their life
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LIFEMATTERS HP-V - Self-care, wellbeing, and stress inoculation for healthcare professionals
The LIFEMATTERS HP-V program is a set of tools to help healthcare professionals in training and in practice learn how to:
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Trauma awareness and war veterans
Trauma awareness programmes are helping war veterans successfully integrate i
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APA study supports psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an effective treatment with many benefits to people with mental and behavioural health issues.
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War, earlier trauma and PTSD in troops
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can affect soldiers who have experienced war, but a new study has found working in such an environment may not be the decisive factor in developing the symptoms of PTSD.
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Formulation
Team formulation is a growing area of interest and practice, as described and summarised in the BPS Good practice Guidelines on the use of psychological formulation (2011), and is recommended as a core skill in DCP professional documents (eg 'New
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Guidance on maternal mental health issued
New guidance has been announced regarding common issues linked to maternal health and wellbeing.
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A major conference on psychological therapies in the NHS - London, 29-30 November 2012
A major conference on psychological therapies in the NHS is to examine the progress made since the formation of the New Savoy Partnership five years ago. The partnership is a unique group of organisations, including the British Psychological Society, working together to bring psychological therapies to the NHS and improve access for all who need them.
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London Wasps and Mind are to team up
The Premiership rugby union club London Waps and the mental health chairty Mind have announced that they are to work in partnership.
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Stress and lower life expectancy linked
There is a link between stress and lower life expectancy, new research has suggested.
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Behavioural therapies can help with ME
Behavioural therapies can help to successfully treat chronic fatigue syndrome, new research has suggested.
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After the Commons mental health debate
Four members of parliament spoke about their own mental health problems in a House of Commons backbench debate held in June.
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Society member is featured in Nature
Professor Jan Burns from Canterbury Christ Church University is head of eligibility at INAS (the International Federation for sport for para-athletes with an intellectual disability).
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Sir Chris Hoy helps mental health scheme
A project launched by Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy to improve mental health through exercise has been hailed as a success by the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH), reports
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Emotion detectives may help families
A new programme designed to help families better understand their emotions and strive for a happier life could be effective in combating depression in young people.
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Society member to advise on older adults
Marie Claire Shankland, a
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CBT can help combat anxiety and phobias
Anxiety disorders may be effectively tackled through cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), new research has suggested.
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Is obesity linked to childhood abuse?
New research has suggested childhood abuse might be connected to obesity in later life.
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Large increase in NHS psychological therapy
Dr Peter Banister, President of the British Psychological Society, has welcomed news of a substantial increase in the number of people receiving psychological therapies in the NHS.
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NICE issues guidance on adult autism
The NHS should better recognise the signs and symptoms of autism in adults to improve their quality of life and employment opportunities, says new guidance from NICE – the National Institute for Health
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