Recognising the scale of the mental health crisis : Recognising the scale of the mental health crisis
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Recognising the scale of the mental health crisis might be the very thing that brings about its solution.
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Piers Morgan will be on wrong side of history with mental health criticism : Piers Morgan will be on wrong side of history with mental health criticism
/ Research
Piers Morgan has criticised Mental Health Foundation research in a tweet. Mark Rowland of the Mental Health Foundation responds.
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: what it means and why it’s crucial : Psychologically informed support for homeless people: what it means and why it’s crucial
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Mental health problems affect large numbers of homeless people and those who were homeless and now live in supported housing.
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.
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.