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Happy Mental Health Awareness Week!

Published 21 May 2012 |

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Dr Andrew McCulloch talks about how helping others can be beneficial for people's mental health.
Life as one of the UK’s six million carers can be tough

Published 15 May 2012 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation comments on new research by the Carers Trust suggesting that a large number of unpaid carers are struggling without any support.
Male depression: the importance of being honest

Published 10 May 2012 |

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Dr Eva Cyhlarova, Head of Research at the Mental Health Foundation talks about the ITV's recent Tonight programme about the stigma of male depression.
How we relate

Published 13 April 2012 |

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Odete Daniel, Freelance Researcher who contributed to our Recovery and Resilience project talks about mental health in the workplace.
Mental health and later life

Published 26 March 2012 |

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Toby Williamson, Head of Development and Later Life comments on research by the University of Warwick that has suggested that the older a person gets, the more contented they become.
Defusing the Dementia ‘time bomb’

Published 16 March 2012 |

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Toby Williamson, Head of Development and Later Life talks about how the language used to talk about dementia has the potential effect of sensationalising the disease.
Mid-life women and mental health

Published 29 February 2012 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation comments on a new study suggesting that older mothers are more likely to suffer from depression than women who have children at a younger age.
To good health!

Published 21 February 2012 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation comments on David Cameron's pledge to tackle the problematic rise of drunkenness and alcohol abuse.
Physical and mental illness - the need for an integrated approach

Published 15 February 2012 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation talks about The King’s Fund and Centre for Mental Health latest report on mental health and long term conditions.
What’s your experience of using a mental health helpline?

Published 02 February 2012 |

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Kirsten Morgan, Research Assistant talks about her experience of working on an evaluation of a number of mental health helplines across the UK.
Legislating is a challenge when you're dealing with people’s ability to make decisions

Published 31 January 2012 |

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Toby Williamson, Head of Development and Later Life, talks about our new report on mental capacity calling for the Mental Capacity Act Code of Practice to be revised.
How exactly do recessions affect our mental well-being?

Published 24 January 2012 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation comments on the World Health Organisation's report: ‘Impact of economic crises on mental health’.
It's important that co-existing conditions don't determine a person’s course of treatment

Published 19 January 2012 |

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New research today alarmingly showed that nursing home residents with dementia who use anti-depressants are three times more likely to have a fall than nursing home residents who do not use anti-depressants.
"Mindfulness changed my life"

Published 11 January 2012 |

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David has taken our online Mindfulness course and been practicing mindfulness for ten months. In this blog he talks about his experience of discovering Mindfulness and the impact it had on his life.
This year Wales will implement some of the most progressive mental health legislation in Europe

Published 04 January 2012 |

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David Crepaz Keay, Head of Empowerment and Social Inclusion talks about the Mental Health Measure legislation in Wales and our self-management work.
Interested in mental health in the workplace?

Published 20 December 2011 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation comments on the new report from CIPD on mental health in the workplace.
Today we are launching our first Innovation Lab in partnership with Comic Relief and Nominet Trust

Published 10 December 2011 |

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Elise Leclerc, Youth Participation Manager at Right Here talks about the new Innovation Labs Project.
There’s a view that working in the voluntary sector involves cups of tea and chats with people

Published 01 December 2011 |

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Toby Williamson, Head of Development & Later Life talks about his busy week.
It’s essential that employers help reduce the level of stress that their employees feel at work

Published 16 November 2011 |

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Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation comments on the recent cases of high-powered senior business executives speaking out about their high levels of stress.
How the misuse and misinterpretation of language in society can cultivate stigma

Published 07 November 2011 |

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Jill Davies, Research Programme Manager at the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, explores how the way we use language can subject society’s most vulnerable people to stigma and discrimination.
Happy World Mental Health Day!

Published 10 October 2011 |

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Sarah Kingston, Community and Events Manager at the Mental Health Foundation talks about our Tea & Talk fundraising campaign on World Mental Health Day.
You are as young as you feel

Published 28 September 2011 |

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Toby Williamson, Head of Development & Later Life talks about National Older People's Day and the launch of our How to Look After Your Mental Health in Later Life booklet.
Remember a Charity Week

Published 20 September 2011 |

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Last week, was “Remember a charity Week". Lesley Braden, Legacy Marketing Executive shares her diary with us.
We want to change the experience of getting older with our Age Well project

Published 16 September 2011 |

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We are today launching an online initiative to recruit people born between 1946 and 1955 for a ground-breaking project, Age Well. Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey, Chair of the Age Well Inquiry Panel comments.
New videos to raise awareness of self-directed support for people with dementia

Published 17 August 2011 |

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Toby Williamson, Head of Development & Later Life talks about the launch of our new films aimed at raising awareness about dementia and the use of self-directed support in helping people with dementia, their families, carers and social care professionals.
Welsh language course will make it easier for Welsh speakers to express their thoughts

Published 12 August 2011 |

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Don Rhead, facilitator of our Welsh language self-management course, talks about how self-management helped him and why he is now involved as a facilitator on the course.
Tea & Talk is back!

Published 05 August 2011 |

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Sarah Kingston, Community and Events Manager talks about the launch of our annual national fundraising campaign Tea & Talk.
Response to the Office for National Statistics wellbeing report

Published 26 July 2011 |

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The Office for National Statistics was asked by the Prime Minister David Cameron last November how to find out how to measure the nation's wellbeing. Simon Lawton Smith comments on their first report.
New ground breaking Self-Management course for young people in Cardiff

Published 21 July 2011 |

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Lily Horley, Facilitator on our Self-Management course comments on how Self-Management helped her and why she is now involved as a facilitator on the new course for young people with a long term mental health problem.
The future of mental health helplines

Published 14 July 2011 |

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The research team will embark this summer on an evaluation of a number of mental health helplines across England.
Our reaction to the the Fairer Care Funding report by Andrew Dilnot

Published 04 July 2011 |

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Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation comments on the Fairer Care Funding report by Andrew Dilnot.
Mental health in people with learning disabilities

Published 23 June 2011 |

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Alison Giraud-Saunders, Co-Director of the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities, highlights the issue of mental health in people with learning disabilities.
We're offering free self-management courses in Wales this summer

Published 17 June 2011 |

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Jane Wycherley speaks about our free self-management courses for people with a long-term mental health condition that will run throughout Wales this summer, for the second year.
Nearly 150,000 people with dementia are wrongly prescribed antipsychotics

Published 09 June 2011 |

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We have partnered with the Dementia Action Alliance today to call for all antipsychotic prescriptions for people with dementia to be reviewed by 31 March 2012.
Response to the Government’s proposed reform of the NHS

Published 02 June 2011 |

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Simon Lawton-Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation responds to the Government’s listening exercise on its proposed reform of the NHS.
Poor sleep affects our wellbeing and everyday lives

Published 25 May 2011 |

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Dr Dan Robotham, Senior Research Officer at the Mental Health Foundation explains why poor sleep can have a major impact on our mental wellbeing and day to day lives.
We need to help people with severe mental illnesses before their problems become life-threatening

Published 19 May 2011 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, Head of Policy at the Mental Health Foundation comments on new research about the life expectancy of mentally ill people by the the Biomedical Research Centre for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London.
It is more beneficial for people’s moods to exercise at a moderate rate than to not exercise at all

Published 06 May 2011 |

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Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation comments on a new research by the the Department of Exercise and Sports Science at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Catherine Zeta Jones and self-management in bipolar disorder

Published 20 April 2011 |

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Last week, actress Catherine Zeta Jones reported that she had been diagnosed with bipolar. David Crepaz-Keay, Head of Patient and Public Involvement at the Mental Health Foundation comments on the reactions to her disclosure.
The NHS and government aren’t addressing gender concerns in mental health inpatient care

Published 06 April 2011 |

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Dr Andrew McCulloch comments on the Care Quality Commission Count Me In report which revealed troubling statistics about the state of mental health inpatient care in the UK.
Our response to the CQC report about the experiences of patients applying to Mental Health Tribunals

Published 01 April 2011 |

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Simon Lawton Smith, our Head of Policy comments on the important report published by the CQC about the experiences of patients applying to Mental Health Tribunals.
Our reaction to Geoff Boycott’s comments on the depression of England cricketer Michael Yardy

Published 25 March 2011 |

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Our Chief Executive Dr Andrew McCulloch comments on yesterday’s controversial remarks by Geoff Boycott on Radio 5 Live regarding fellow cricketer Michael Yardy, who has returned home from the cricket World Cup due to depression.
Living in fear of inaccurate work assessments

Published 11 March 2011 |

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Work capability assessments must be fair and accurate, says our Head of Policy, Simon Lawton-Smith
David Crepaz-Keay’s perspective on the ECJ ruling on gender equality

Published 03 March 2011 |

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David Crepaz-Keay, Head of Empowerment and Social Inclusion, gives his perspective on the impact of the European Court of Justice's ruling on gender equality for people with a psychiatric diagnosis or a learning disability.
Latest research report explores public attitudes to disabled people

Published 28 February 2011 |

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Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive of the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities and the Mental Health Foundation comments on the "Public perceptions of disabled people" report by the Office for Disability Issues
Welcome to our new website!

Published 08 February 2011 |

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Welcome to the sparkling new website of the Mental Health Foundation! After many long months of hard work, we finally have a new-look website that I think you’ll find easier to use, more helpful, and with lots of exciting new features.

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