/ Mental health in the workplace
Robert Edwards has spent nearly two decades working in one of the UK’s toughest professions: the prison service. Over the years, he’s witnessed many traumatic events, including multiple suicides. It left him with PTSD and pushed him to the edge.
/ Mental health in the workplace
Shift work means working outside a 9-5 schedule, and can often mean working evenings, early mornings, and weekends. This type of work can pose unique challenges for our mental health.
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Joint statement by Chair of Trustees and CEO – The Mental Health Foundation’s commitments on race and diversity.
The concept of me trekking the Great Wall of China was initially just a passing comment from my brother who works for the Mental Health Foundation. I have never been one to decline a challenge, so a couple of weeks later I signed up.
/ Mental Health Awareness Week
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we've looked at what we can do to make ourselves less stressed, and we can all do something. But governments in the UK also need to step up and take a leading role in helping to improve our collective mental health by tackling chronic stress.
/ Mental health in the workplace
Many of us spend the majority of our waking hours at work, so it is important that our workplaces are mentally healthy.
/ Mental health in the workplace
Our new research 'Surviving or Thriving? The state of the UK's mental health' shows that most of us experience something we’d describe as a mental health problem at some time. Our research also showed that just 13% of the UK population has a high level of good mental health – that’s too low and it’s time we recognised and addressed the barriers that prevent some people from thriving.
