Black single parents and peer support in Wales : Black single parents and peer support in Wales
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Exploring the barriers Black single parents face in accessing peer support in Wales.
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Why mental health awareness matters : Why mental health awareness matters
/ Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Foundation's Director of England Alexa Knight tackles the value of mental health awareness, in light of recent questions about whether it has gone "too far".
Why the language we use to describe mental health matters : Why the language we use to describe mental health matters
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
It is perhaps not surprising that an area of health that has been so systematically stigmatised for so many decades has historically settled for a discriminatory lexicon. Generations of people have grown up in societies that found terms like “psycho”, “schizo”, “loonie” and “crazy” perfectly acceptable.
Nicola Sturgeon talks to us about the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival : Nicola Sturgeon talks to us about the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival
Mental Health Foundation volunteer Shirley Hellyar spoke to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon about mental health discrimination and what can be done to reduce stigma around mental ill-health.
When are we going to ditch the M-word? : When are we going to ditch the M-word?
/ Influencing policies
We’ve come a long way in public mental health in recent years. The language that we use is fundamental to that. We have managed, as a society, to move away from stigmatising and discriminatory terms like 'mental', 'maniac' and 'madman'. But what about 'murderer'?
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.
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.
Halloween horror brings out the best in online campaigning : Halloween horror brings out the best in online campaigning
Last night brought to the attention of the mental health world an appalling example of stigma. George (Asda's clothing line), and a range of other retailers, were stocking 'mental patient' or 'psycho ward' Halloween costumes.