21 June 2022
GP surgeries to provide specialist mental health support
Thousands of new mental health experts will be on hand to support people in their local GP practice amid record demand for services, the...
21 June 2022
WHO highlights urgent need to transform mental health and mental health care
Report urges mental health decision makers and advocates to step up commitment and action to change attitudes, actions and approaches to mental health, its...
21 June 2022
Online Safety Bill: Protecting people online
As part of Samaritans’ campaign for a kinder, safer internet we want to protect anyone who’s being encouraged to harm themselves online. But what...
7 April 2022
Mental health problems cost the UK economy at least £118 billion per year – new research
We want the prevention of poor mental health to be at the centre of the UK’s approach to mental health. Our new report with...
7 April 2022
Online Safety Bill: the ins and outs
Samaritans has made strengthening the Online Safety Bill one of its key campaigns to ensure no one is left unprotected from harmful content under...
7 April 2022
Olympic champion Adam Peaty joins Mind in calling for more mental health support for nation’s sporting heroes
Olympic swimming champion Adam Peaty has joined the mental health charity Mind in calling for more mental health support for the nation’s sporting heroes....
17 February 2022
Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week is taking place from 9-15 May 2022. People severely affected by mental illness are being left behind in the national...
5 February 2022
NHS talking therapies
Talking therapies, or psychological therapies, are effective and confidential treatments delivered by fully trained and accredited NHS practitioners. They can help with common mental health...
3 February 2022
Mental health problems – an introduction
Explains what mental health problems are, what may cause them, and the many different kinds of help, treatment and support that are available. Also...
10 September 2021
Samaritans Urges Government to Prioritise Suicide Prevention in Pandemic Recovery Plans
More than twelve months on from the UK’s first lockdown in 2020, Samaritans has urged the government to prioritise suicide prevention in its coronavirus recovery...