Mental Health

The secret nurse: Profiteers have hijacked our NHS and we want it back!

A nurse speaks to Counterfire about the state of the NHS and the historic strikes set for 15 and 20 December for a 5% pay rise above RPI
In a cost-of-living crisis, we cannot afford to continue neglecting mental health services

Alia Butt, psychotherapist and Chair of NHS Staff Voices, on the dire state of mental health services
Now is not the time to give up on our NHS

With the NHS struggling to survive, it is vital that campaigning on the cost-of-living crisis puts it centre stage, argues Lucette Davies
Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm than Good - book review

Lucette Davies reviews an already classic argument by James Davies on the damage that capitalism and profit seeking has done to the practice of psychiatry
The giant in the mirror: jeen-yuhs review

Coodie and Chike’s Netflix trilogy gives viewers an insight into the rise and troubles of creative powerhouse and hip-hop icon Kanye West, writes Mayer Wakefield
Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created Our Mental Health Crisis - book review

In Sedated, James Davies makes a powerful case that the marketisation of mental health ignores the social causes of distress, harming us while serving capitalism, finds Lucette Davies
Mental health: an inhumane lack of care that will hinder all our futures

Tory cuts to mental health services are driving the mental health crisis and failing the very people who need the most support, writes Lucette Davies
Why nurses are considering strike action

Health workers are preparing to fight against the insulting 1% pay offer and they need our support more than ever, argues NHS nurse Stacey Richardson
Covid crisis: 10 demands unions should be making now

As the Covid death toll crosses 100,000, these are some of the urgent demands the labour movement should be making on the government:
Keep schools closed: the rush to return is deadly

With record case numbers and hospitalisations, and increasing deaths, returning to school next week would be catastrophic, writes a secondary school teacher
Manchester students tear down fences in thousands-strong protest

Students are raging at being repeatedly let down by the government and universities. Fences were the last straw for Manchester students - so they brought them down
Universities must lock down too

We must move teaching online, test students and allow them home argues Dragan Plavšić
From fighting pandemic to fighting police brutality

Jillian Primiano, a registered nurse, speaks to Spring Magazine about fighting COVID-19, racism and health, and the movement for police abolition
Welsh government's decision on wider school opening goes against its commitment to all

The announcement to wider reopen Welsh schools on 29th June indicates a failure to prioritise the safety of teachers and communities, argues Kevin Potter
Model Letter to your local authority: don't open schools until it is safe

This model letter can be adapted and used to lobby the local authority in your area to put pressure on them not to open the schools until they are safe
Rebel Minds: Class War, Mass Suffering, and the Urgent Need for Socialism - book review

A Marxist critique of psychiatry puts mental-health issues in the context of the social crises created by capitalism, and argues for socialist solutions, finds Adrian Cooley
PPE and testing: not just another Tory scandal

Government failings are putting life-saving NHS staff at risk, and the latest PPE scandal is guaranteed to make matters far worse, argues Alia Butt
When capitalism turns caring for the vulnerable into a burden

The resurgence of DNACPR should be challenged, the idea that one life is more worthy than another could lead to dangerous consequences, argues Elly Badcock
Herd from the hub: a frontline dispatch

What happens when precarity and key working meet head-on in a pandemic, Andrew Emerson reports
The virus makes you ill but it's the government that kills you

The Rhyming Guide to Covid-19
St Mungo's workers to begin three-day strike action

Workers at St Mungo's are beginning strike action after management continues to prioritise cost-efficiency over services or working conditions, reports Mark Evans
Staff-student solidarity is being built in the UCU strike

Teach-outs are building staff-student solidarity and provide a model for a better university, writes Clare Burgess
Mental health: a very political crisis

A psychologist working in the community speaks out on the mental health crisis
Suicide rates at 20 year high: an indictment of Tory austerity

Rising suicide rates show the monumental human cost of Tory austerity and why we urgently need to get them out of power, argues Mona Kamal
Austerity and the damage done: the crisis in mental health care

Funding cuts are creating a problem that is spiralling out of control, with the young and poor hit hardest, argues Mona Kamal
Austerity Britain is destroying our mental health

As those most affected by austerity Britain blame themselves, we must turn attention to the real culprits, argues Karen Buckley
Another World Mental Health Day, another hollow Tory proposal

Theresa May announcing a Suicide Prevention Minister to tackle the growing mental health problems that are a product of the austerity is empty rhetoric argues Mona Kamal
The rhyming guide to austerity

Fit to work assessments take money away from people who need it. Read Potent Whisper's story, and send us your own
University of Bristol students march for mental health services

Students at the University of Bristol demonstrated in huge numbers this Friday to protest inadequate mental health provision, reports Steven Cooper
Through my eyes: the social care crisis

John Rees writes about how the social care crisis hit his family
Anguish and austerity: the personal cost of cuts

Austerity penalises the most vulnerable in our society. This government's record is shameful and we most hold them to account, writes Mona Kamal
Mental health services: how they fail young people and what can be done about it

Slashed budgets, stressed workers and young people in desperate need across England and Wales. Something’s got to give
Squandered lives: how young people struggle to find decent mental health care

Vulnerable young people suffering from mental illness are not getting the help that they need. Kesia’s story
Black and dangerous? Listening to patients’ experiences of mental health services in London

Why are black people with mental health problems still more likely than whites to be heavily medicated, restrained and detained against their will?

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Mental Health

Mental Health

A nurse speaks to Counterfire about the state of the NHS and the historic strikes set for 15 and 20 December for a 5% pay rise above RPI

Alia Butt, psychotherapist and Chair of NHS Staff Voices, on the dire state of mental health services

With the NHS struggling to survive, it is vital that campaigning on the cost-of-living crisis puts it centre stage, argues Lucette Davies

Lucette Davies reviews an already classic argument by James Davies on the damage that capitalism and profit seeking has done to the practice of psychiatry

Coodie and Chike’s Netflix trilogy gives viewers an insight into the rise and troubles of creative powerhouse and hip-hop icon Kanye West, writes Mayer Wakefield

In Sedated, James Davies makes a powerful case that the marketisation of mental health ignores the social causes of distress, harming us while serving capitalism, finds Lucette Davies

Tory cuts to mental health services are driving the mental health crisis and failing the very people who need the most support, writes Lucette Davies

Health workers are preparing to fight against the insulting 1% pay offer and they need our support more than ever, argues NHS nurse Stacey Richardson

As the Covid death toll crosses 100,000, these are some of the urgent demands the labour movement should be making on the government:

With record case numbers and hospitalisations, and increasing deaths, returning to school next week would be catastrophic, writes a secondary school teacher

Students are raging at being repeatedly let down by the government and universities. Fences were the last straw for Manchester students - so they brought them down

We must move teaching online, test students and allow them home argues Dragan Plavšić

Jillian Primiano, a registered nurse, speaks to Spring Magazine about fighting COVID-19, racism and health, and the movement for police abolition

The announcement to wider reopen Welsh schools on 29th June indicates a failure to prioritise the safety of teachers and communities, argues Kevin Potter

This model letter can be adapted and used to lobby the local authority in your area to put pressure on them not to open the schools until they are safe

A Marxist critique of psychiatry puts mental-health issues in the context of the social crises created by capitalism, and argues for socialist solutions, finds Adrian Cooley

Government failings are putting life-saving NHS staff at risk, and the latest PPE scandal is guaranteed to make matters far worse, argues Alia Butt

The resurgence of DNACPR should be challenged, the idea that one life is more worthy than another could lead to dangerous consequences, argues Elly Badcock

What happens when precarity and key working meet head-on in a pandemic, Andrew Emerson reports

The Rhyming Guide to Covid-19

Workers at St Mungo's are beginning strike action after management continues to prioritise cost-efficiency over services or working conditions, reports Mark Evans

Teach-outs are building staff-student solidarity and provide a model for a better university, writes Clare Burgess

A psychologist working in the community speaks out on the mental health crisis

Rising suicide rates show the monumental human cost of Tory austerity and why we urgently need to get them out of power, argues Mona Kamal

Funding cuts are creating a problem that is spiralling out of control, with the young and poor hit hardest, argues Mona Kamal

As those most affected by austerity Britain blame themselves, we must turn attention to the real culprits, argues Karen Buckley

Theresa May announcing a Suicide Prevention Minister to tackle the growing mental health problems that are a product of the austerity is empty rhetoric argues Mona Kamal

Fit to work assessments take money away from people who need it. Read Potent Whisper's story, and send us your own

Students at the University of Bristol demonstrated in huge numbers this Friday to protest inadequate mental health provision, reports Steven Cooper

John Rees writes about how the social care crisis hit his family

Austerity penalises the most vulnerable in our society. This government's record is shameful and we most hold them to account, writes Mona Kamal

Slashed budgets, stressed workers and young people in desperate need across England and Wales. Something’s got to give

Vulnerable young people suffering from mental illness are not getting the help that they need. Kesia’s story

Why are black people with mental health problems still more likely than whites to be heavily medicated, restrained and detained against their will?