News and Events

New research explores the experiences of parents when learning that their child has attachment related difficulties.

A member of staff from GMMH, Omar Al-Qaisia, is currently campaigning in support of charity DKMS to raise awareness around stem cell donation and help his wife Meriem find a life-saving match. 

We're delighted to announce that Kate Hall has recently been appointed as the new Vice Chair of the NHS APA.

The GMMH Housing First Dual Diagnosis team blog this January does some myth-busting around ‘Blue Monday’ and encourages everyone to talk about Samaritan’s ‘Brew Monday’ instead. Connect with your family, friends, colleagues and loved ones over a brew, because mental health matters every day.

New findings support the view that exercise helps reduce anxiety symptoms, with no evidence for individual differences in the benefits.

Find out more information about the latest refurbishment taking place at the building delivering our Wigan CAMHS services.

Sadly, traumatic events are common in society, but some groups, including people with psychosis, are more likely to experience them. The result is that people with psychosis are five times more likely to have diagnosed Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than the general population.

The Enchantment of the Everyday exhibition explores the theme of finding beauty, magic, and something new in our everyday lives.

It is well known that people with severe mental ill health often have their lives restricted and shortened by conditions like diabetes and heart disease. Less attention has been paid to inequalities in oral health.

9.30am – 5.00pm, Friday 13 January, University of Manchester Oxford Road Campus

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has officially begun the construction of its new state-of-the-art mental health inpatient unit on the North Manchester General Hospital site.

The Greater Manchester Liaison and Diversion (L&D) Service at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has been commended in the ‘Liaison & Diversion’ category for this year for their Out of Court Disposal Pathway in partnership with Greater Manchester Police. 

The Empowered Conversations research study has been working with carers organisations across Greater Manchester to recruit carers of people living with dementia to the trial.

This year over 3,500 people have already received help from support centres, which offer out of hours mental health support.

Suicide rates are higher in males than females across all age groups, and highest in men aged 40-54 years. The suicide rate for men in this age group is three times higher than the rate for women of the same age, and 1.5 times greater than the rate for men in other age groups.