Nutrition and mental health : Nutrition and mental health
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One of the most obvious yet under-recognised factors for mental health is nutrition. What we eat and drink affects how we feel, think and behave.
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Celebrating the teams who support mothers : Celebrating the teams who support mothers
/ Families, children and young people
This Mother’s Day, I’m feeling particularly grateful to the NHS services who enabled me to carry on mothering my children through our darkest hour.
Mental Health Awareness Week 2017 : Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
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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.
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
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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.