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Mental Health should be at the heart of Northern Ireland’s Programme for Government

21 July 2016,

Iris Elliott explains why mental health should be at the heart of Northern Ireland's Programme for Government.

Prevention must be front and centre of the mental health transformation agenda

19 July 2016,

Jenny Edwards is disappointed about the lack of focus on prevention in the mental health transformation agenda.

Strengthening the evidence base for UK mental health charities

19 July 2016,

Iris Elliott looks at the importance of and challenges related to improving the evidence base in mental health.

Assembly calls on health minister to progress mental health champion

18 July 2016,

Iris Elliott blogs on Northern Ireland's move towards appointing a mental health champion.

Arts, mental health and social justice in New Haven, Connecticut

15 July 2016, Gail Aldam

Gail Aldam reflects on her recent trip when she spent a month working in the Programme for Recovery and Community Health at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States.

Demonstrating the value of the voluntary and community sectors: the challenges of economic evaluation

5 July 2016,

Iris Elliott discusses our new paper on demonstrating the value of the voluntary and community sectors.

Coping with post Brexit anxiety

29 June 2016, Mark Rowland

Mark Rowland, unpacks the consequences of Brexit on our mental health and outlines key steps we can take to manage anxiety…

Mental Health Awareness Week; an opportunity to highlight forgotten foundations of good Mental Health

20 June 2016, Mark Rowland

Mark Rowland talks about the success of Mental Health Awareness Week 2016.

We need a more co-ordinated approach to refugee mental health

20 June 2016,

This World Refugee Day, June 20, the Mental Health Foundation stands in solidarity with the 59.5 million forcibly displaced refugees worldwide.

Top 5 tips by dads, for dads, on looking after mental health

17 June 2016,

Dads working at the Mental Health Foundation give tips to other dads for looking after their mental health.