Good mental health is essential for a flourishing society and yet mental health services are not always given the same priority or funding as physical health services. The Health Foundation funds a wide range of projects that support improvements in mental health services and transform the models and approaches used to deliver care, making them more integrated and person-centred.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
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Drawing on local, linked data sources, this briefing presents analysis from the Networked Data Lab (NDL) about children and young people’s mental health. It explores trends in mental health presentati...
In this long read we set out the major trends in workforce health and examine the inequalities between people, sectors and places.
This blog sets out why a new Commission for Healthier Working Lives is needed.
New analysis by the Health Foundation reveals that 3.7 million people (12% of the working population) are currently in work and reporting a ‘work-limiting’ health condition that restricts the type or ...
This World Mental Health Day we're supporting the BBC Children in Need's mental health initiative and 'A Million & Me' legacy award
Is technology to blame for the rise in teen depression? Dr Jean Twenge, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University, returns to explore the themes of her recent Health Foundation lecture.
At this hybrid event we heard from Dr Jean Twenge about the impact of smartphones on the health of young people and discussed how to respond.
Episode 31. Chronic exposure to psychosocial stress – for example, poverty or other disadvantage – can make us physically ill before our time and prematurely age us. So what is psychosocial stress, ho...
With a record 2.5 million people out of work due to long-term sickness, we need to better understand the health impact of the changing nature of work, and the work implications of demographic changes.
Investigating the role of obesity-related metabolic and epigenetic signatures in the onset of poor mental health in childhood.
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