-effective treatments, it receives only 13% of NHS health expenditure. The under-treatment of people with crippling mental illnesses is the … most glaring case of health inequality in our country. The need for a rethink is urgent. At present mental health care is … particularly shocking that the sharpest cuts today are those affecting children. …

of illness practices by Ghanaians with diabetes; to outline approaches towards improving patient centred health care and …, cure seeking (passive and active), and medical inaction. Most participants privileged biomedicine over other health systems … ethnomedical drugs, recommended foods, and psychosocial support. For health systems, the greatest challenges lie in correcting …

, offering a more holistic approach to improving child health, as quitting smoking is only half of the battle …

-based psychological therapies for depression and anxiety disorder more widely available in the National Health Service (NHS). 32 IAPT … as a function of compliance with National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Treatment Guidelines. Method … scores and had completed their treatment during the period were analysed. Outcome was assessed with the patient health …

The latest CEP Election Analysis, published jointly with LSE Health, gives an overview of the research evidence on UK …

. Three key barriers to HPV vaccine implementation were identified: sociocultural, health systems and political. A linked …

Recently attention has begun to focus not only on assessing the effectiveness of interventions to tackle mental health … problems, but also on measures to prevent physical co-morbidity. Individuals with mental health problems are at significantly … increased risk of chronic physical health problems, such as cardiovascular disease or diabetes, as well as reduced life …

treatment services, we find that public and private health systems are “equally unequal”, that is, both tend to favor children …Why do over 20% of children die in some poor countries, while in others only 2% die? We examine this question using … survey data covering 278,000 children in 45 low-income countries. We find that parents’ education and a mother’s propensity …

Mental ill health is the largest single cause of disability in the UK, contributing almost 23% of the overall burden of … disease compared to about 16% each for cancer and cardiovascular disease. The economic and social costs of mental health …