Mental health
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Features Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services Banner Home Page
Inside: Young and pregnant in a mental health hospital for the first time
A young pregnant woman detained under the Mental Health Act for the first time shares her experience of being sent miles away from home. Both mum and daughter tell their story of navigating through the complex mental health system.
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Banner Home Page Reports Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services
Revealed: Private mental health ward for children in Bristol to close
The Priory Bristol says staffing problems are the reason behind the closure of Banksy ward, the only of its kind in south west England.
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Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services Opinion
Opinion: ‘The NHS sends too many mental health patients to hospital for expensive, ineffective care’
People are being sent away to private mental health providers for specialist treatment, but this often means poorer outcomes at higher costs, says occupational therapist Keir Harding.
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Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services Banner Home Page Voices
Losing myself: my experiences of psychiatric hospitals
My time in hospitals kept me alive when I was unable to do that myself, but it came with its own set of wounds. Now, I want to be part of changing the system.
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Banner Home Page Investigations Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services
Revealed: Failures in care for man who took his life at private mental health unit
Dominic Vickars was just 25 when he died while at Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke in Weston-super-Mare, a private hospital part-funded by the NHS. Using evidence from the inquest and accounts from his family, we tell the story of how he was let down.
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Banner Home Page Features Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services
Separated: The damaging rise in people sent to private mental health hospitals away from family
Local NHS bosses have vowed to end mental health out-of-area placements by March next year, but 2019 saw a increase in people being sent away to private beds locally and far away.
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Inside: Bristol's Private Mental Health Services Co-op Community
Inside: Private mental health services in Bristol investigated
Frontline workers and families speak out as the Cable investigates why private sector involvement is growing and what impact it’s having on people in Bristol.
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Behind Closed Doors Coronavirus In Bristol Banner Home Page
Looking out for each other’s mental health during coronavirus
Protecting our physical health has been at the heart of fighting COVID-19. But what about our mental health? Charities say it's all about early intervention and compassion.
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“We need better mental health support for all young people, not just students”
Students have been campaigning for service improvements, but what about young people not at university? asks Chloë Maughan
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Addicted Bristol: Life And Death Banner Home Page Voices
I was addicted to benzos. This is my story.
The blissful escape of prescription drugs benzodiazepines helped me cope with depression and anxiety, but my life ended up falling apart around me.
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Idles: the Bristol band making it big talk music, masculinity and mental health
Men talking about their feelings shouldn't be groundbreaking, but it is.
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Man Up/Man Down: Talking black men and identity crises
With men’s mental health in the spotlight, this podcast covers black men and their identity.
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Long read: Two years after Kamil Ahmad’s murder, there is cause for hope and anger
Disabled asylum seekers have faced appalling injustices for too long – action is needed.
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Wellfest: Celebrating results day whatever your results
A-Level results day is here and young people all over Bristol are celebrating, commiserating and considering their options. Wellfest aims to help students celebrate the work they’ve put in this year.
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Banner Home Page Ideas And Action Edition 16
Turned away: “I don’t know where that magic middle ground is”
Students say support is lacking for severe mental health needs, as Zoe found out.
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Ideas And Action Edition 16 Banner Home Page
Bristol Uni needs to do more on mental health, students say
Despite investment in services this year, students are increasingly concerned about mental health.
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Why are young people turning to prescription drugs?
The Cable speaks to John McGuirk, team leader and therapist at Off the Record, a mental health charity supporting 11-25 year olds.
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City Edition 16 Banner Home Page
Celebrating the city
Meet some of the community groups finding creative solutions to food poverty, mental health and assumptions around gender identity.
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Previously unseen interview with murdered asylum seeker Kamil Ahmad
In this short film, Kamil Ahmad speaks of his experiences as an asylum seeker in the UK four years before he was murdered.
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“Parks aren’t there for making money”
Bristol City Council approves recommendations for savings from its parks and green spaces, allowing ‘low impact’ advertising and charging professional dog walkers.
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Edition 15 Features Banner Home Page
Dependent drinkers in Bristol are trialing MDMA therapy
The UK’s first ever clinical study using MDMA has started in Bristol, in a landmark moment for the use of psychedelic drugs in psychotherapy.
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Investigations Edition 15 Series: Working In The NHS Banner Home Page
Revealed: NHS staff in Bristol are being worked until they’re sick with stress
In the 70th year of the NHS, an investigation by the Cable reveals that those who care for the nation are in need of serious attention.
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Features City Banner Home Page
Bristol: Highest number of mental health patient preventable deaths
Highly vulnerable patients have died after NHS failings. Why?
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Features Bristol And Beyond Banner Home Page
Mental health: weighing up the options
As social factors play a role in mental illhealth, why is it so often treated with medication alone?
