Poverty, discrimination, and cultural stigma around mental health are among reasons, experts sayBlack mothers twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with perinatal mental illnessPerinatal mental illness affects more than a quarter (27%) of new and expectant mothers across England and covers a range of conditions including postpartum depression...

Exclusive: Analysis of NHS England figures highlights structural inequalities and cultural attitudes to mental health, expert says‘Stark disparities’: why black mothers are more at risk of perinatal mental illness in EnglandBlack mothers are over twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with perinatal mental illnesses than their white counterparts,...

She came into my life just when I needed her, and together we worked on our traumas. But it could not last … I’d been feeding the stray cat for months before she brought them to our door: a gang of feral and frail-looking kittens. I’d never had a pet before, and, like many people who do not grow up with animals, I perhaps lacked a certain emotional...

The health service took a turn for the worse under David Cameron and Keir Starmer has said nothing of improving the nurses’ lot Reading of Dan Poulter’s defection (“Top Tory MP defects to Labour in fury at NHS crisis”) was of particular interest to me: I am a mental health nurse in the NHS; I too cover the A&E department in my local hospital; and...

Campaigners are calling for public inquiry into high number of patient fatalities over a decade at crisis-hit serviceMore than 30 patients died after risks were not acted on in the decade following a controversial service redesign at a crisis-hit NHS mental health trust, according to an analysis by campaigners.The report by the Campaign to Save Mental...

Readers on the government’s plans to move away from financial support for those with mental health conditions given through personal independence paymentPerhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that the government has continued to attack “mental health culture” (Mentally ill people being used as ‘political football’, campaigners say, 29 April). The publication...