Children living in damp and overcrowded homes missed three weeks more of school over the course of compulsory education than their peers in better quality housing.

Out-of-work benefits, French pensioners, surprising salmon and the truth about senses.

Moving beyond IPS: person-centred approach to social inclusion and mental health

The recent DWP Green Paper, entitled ‘Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working’ has provoked a great deal of discussion from policymakers, from researchers, and from dis...

Understanding and mitigating associations between childhood neighborhood deprivation and adolescent mental health in two UK birth cohorts

Former Alice Springs Coles worker Gene Hill says it was clear an Aboriginal man who died in police custody at the supermarket last week had a disability and needed extra support.

New research finds that although overall time spent online is linked with higher levels of loneliness, use of social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is not.

Mental ill health is rarely the sole factor preventing people from finding and keeping a job.

Purpose Loneliness has been identified as an important risk factor for mental health problems, and concern about its impact on workers’ health and wellbeing has grown in recent years. While a body of ...