Shortage of Doctors in the NHS
For people suffering from serious mental health conditions like schizophrenia and receiving care by the British National Health Service one of the biggest frustrations is often the length of time it...
View ArticleSchizophrenia is a Major Cause of Homelessness
With the onset of the cold weather our thoughts may quite justifiably turn to those people who are experiencing homelessness at this time of year. There has been a recent trend to try to associate...
View ArticleSchizophrenia and heat related deaths
Recent reports in both the mainstream press and the academic literature coming out of Canada and the US have strongly indicated that people with schizophrenia are at an increased risk of death from...
View ArticleOut of Area Placements
In recent reports, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, the UK body which regulates and represents psychiatrists working in this country, has highlighted the continuing national scandal of adult...
View ArticleSchizophrenia and Cancer
It has long been known that people with schizophrenia in particular and serious mental illness (SMI) in general will die at a much younger age than their colleagues in the general population and deaths...
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