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NHS heavily reliant on inappropriate out-of-area mental healthcare despite target to end it, finds report

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The college called on the government to fund an expansion of medical school places and psychiatry training posts. It added that with mental health services under massive additional strain since the pandemic, the use of inappropriate out-of-area placements would persist unless “concrete and additional action” was taken.

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Simple Tips: Anger Management for Autistic Children

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The social model of disability says that disability is caused by the way society is organised. The medical model of disability says people are disabled by their impairments or differences. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 42(4), 535-542 – National Institute of Mental Health (2015). Kassinove, H.,

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Am I Going Through a Nervous Breakdown?

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The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). A major life event such as divorce or disability. Persistent stress from raising children. Serious financial problems.