Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 : Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
Mark Rowland shares a powerful personal story and explains the importance of thriving with good mental health - our theme for this year's Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Remembering the psychiatric patients who were victims of Nazi persecution : Remembering the psychiatric patients who were victims of Nazi persecution
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
We’re all familiar with the horror of the Nazi attempts to annihilate the Jewish population in the 1940s – the Holocaust. One of the less well-known aspects of Nazi policy was the genocide that included the slaughter of up to 275,0001 psychiatric patients. The majority of them, like me, had a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
Psychologically informed support for homeless people : Psychologically informed support for homeless people
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Mental health problems affect large numbers of homeless people and those who were homeless and now live in supported housing.
Is it wrong to lie to a person with dementia? : Is it wrong to lie to a person with dementia?
/ Families, children and young people
We need to give much more consideration to the values we use when supporting and caring for people living with dementia, especially as they are a group that can be at high risk for developing wider mental health problems.
Advice for someone lacking in motivation : Advice for someone lacking in motivation
/ Prevention resources and tools
Lack of motivation is a feeling that we may experience from time to time as individuals. For people living with mental health problems, this can exacerbate this.
Measuring inequalities in mental health : Measuring inequalities in mental health
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Completion of the fourth survey makes this the longest-running series in the world to monitor a nation’s mental health using consistent methods. In 2014/15, interviewers went into the homes of a random sample of 7500 people aged from 16 to over 100, including some with no contact with health services and many with conditions that hadn’t previously been identified.
What people wish their friends knew about their mental health : What people wish their friends knew about their mental health
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Slowly but surely, mental health stigma is decreasing. However, this article will show we’ve still some way to go. We asked people with lived experience of mental health problems what they wish people knew about mental ill-health.
Why relationships are so important for children and young people : Why relationships are so important for children and young people
/ Families, children and young people
Our relationships with our children are critical for their healthy development.
Social media and young people's mental health : Social media and young people's mental health
/ Families, children and young people
In this blog, Brayan Herrera, a year 12 student who has been on placement with Mental Health Foundations Policy and Research team from Haggerston School, East London, as part of the Inspire Initiative, discusses the positive and negative impacts of social media on young peoples mental health.
What it's like to have bipolar? : What it's like to have bipolar?
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
I was diagnosed with bipolar in my late teens, in my first year at university. The diagnosis (and not – I hasten to add – the symptoms) have shaped my adult identity and experiences.