WalesOnline - Tag - mental health http://www.walesonline.co.uk/ icWales is now WalesOnline. Great new name, same great content. Visit WalesOnline for Wales news, business news, sport, whats on, jobs in Wales and more. en-gb WalesOnline http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/07/14/shock-therapy-s-still-being-used-in-wales-91466-21333670/ Shock therapy’s still being used in Wales Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/07/14/shock-therapy-s-still-being-used-in-wales-91466-21333670/ Electroconvulsive therapy – ECT – has a chequered past and remains one of the most controversial elements of modern psychiatry. Contrary to public opinion, it is still in widespread use today in Wales, as Health Editor Madeleine Brindley reports http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/06/30/mental-health-services-identity-crisis-91466-21170779/ Mental health services ‘identity crisis’ Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/06/30/mental-health-services-identity-crisis-91466-21170779/ LEADING experts have suggested that mental health services for patients could be compromised because psychiatric input has been “downgraded”. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/03/03/a-patient-recalls-her-nightmare-time-at-whitchurch-hospital-91466-20548656/ A patient recalls her “nightmare” time at Whitchurch Hospital Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2008/03/03/a-patient-recalls-her-nightmare-time-at-whitchurch-hospital-91466-20548656/ Whitchurch Hospital celebrates its 100th anniversary next month, but the outdated unit will be closed in the next few years. As patients and staff are encouraged to write about their memories of the old hospital, Gillian Brightmore recalls her ‘nightmare’ as a patient at Whitchurch http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2007/12/03/how-debt-can-effect-mental-health-91466-20193998/ How debt can effect mental health Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2007/12/03/how-debt-can-effect-mental-health-91466-20193998/ Debt is not simply about paying back what you owe – it can also have a detrimental impact on your very health and wellbeing, as Health Editor Madeleine Brindley reports