James Gallagher, BBC Health Editor, has written a thought-provoking article about research into the history of post-traumatic stress. He concludes that it is not a new phenomenon. Professor Jamie Hacker Hughes, a former consultant clinical psychologist for the Ministry of Defence, who led the research, said: "As long as there has been civilisation and as long as there has been warfare, there has been post-traumatic symptoms."

http://bbc.in/1GKOwrX

An anonymous article by a care team worker on the fourth year of redundancies and the effects on team morale. The pertinent question is raised of why after four years of drip-fed redundancies, there has been no change to management staffing levels? Surely there are far fewer people to manage now.

Management decision making (or the lack of it) is also addressed, raising further questions.

http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/social-life-blog/2015/jan/21/redundancies-social-care-job-cuts

An uplifting account written by family support worker Bobby Owen, who offers emotional support and practical advice about sibling care, employment and housing when a child is in hospital.

http://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2015/jan/16/social-work-charities-ill-children

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Following Nick Clegg's call for a 'zero suicide' target, campaigner and Calm worker Jake Mills asks what was the aim before this announcement- "Just a few suicides? A hundred?" For Jake, a huge stumbling block to dealing with the problem, is the fear of being judged. Vulnerable people are too apprehensive to speak out about their problems. He calls on the media to up its game,

"The media doesn’t just have influence, it has a responsibility to help communicate a message and set an agenda. Yes, things are changing, but it can’t be right that the furthest we’ve come is having someone receive live therapy on air with Phillip Schofield or a soap character crashing a minibus." 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jan/20/zero-suicides-change-tackle-depression

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