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Our CEO Mark Rowland talks about stress and Mental Health Awareness Week.
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Mental health and physical activity in Northern Ireland : Mental health and physical activity in Northern Ireland
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
The Mental Health Foundation received funding from DRILL (Disability Research on Independent Living & Learning) to conduct a one-year pilot study to address the high levels of physical ill-health and preventable deaths of people with serious mental health problems in Northern Ireland.
Recovering from multiple bereavements through creative practice : Recovering from multiple bereavements through creative practice
/ Prevention resources and tools
Professor Paul Crawford tells his story of how he recovered while facilitating a Creative Practices for Mutual Recovery class.
Stress - are we coping? : Stress - are we coping?
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Here is a BIG question that keeps me awake at night: what is the single greatest thing we could do to prevent mental health problems?
Excellence in Youth Work: See Me Youth Champions : Excellence in Youth Work: See Me Youth Champions
/ Families, children and young people
This year, in partnership with NHS Health Scotland, we sponsored Scotland’s first ‘Mental Health and wellbeing’ award at YouthLink Scotland’s National Youth Work Awards 2018 to recognise the power of youth work when it comes to helping young people to stay mentally well.
Becoming a parent is hard work : Becoming a parent is hard work
/ Families, children and young people
Many young mothers face additional challenges, on top of those that all parents may experience. For many young parents, coping with adversity was a part of life long before they became a parent.
NI political stalemate is exacerbating mental health crisis : NI political stalemate is exacerbating mental health crisis
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Northern Ireland has catastrophic levels of mental ill health. More people have died by suicide in the past 18 years than were killed during 30 years of conflict.
The toxic shadow of emotional abuse : The toxic shadow of emotional abuse
/ Prevention resources and tools
Our guest blogger shares her story of experiencing covert emotional abuse, its power and control, and the damaging impact that had on her mental health.
How can we stop social media undermining our mental health? : How can we stop social media undermining our mental health?
/ Challenging mental health inequalities
Rather than asking if social media is THE problem, let’s for a moment ask what the screen reflects. Our desire to capture and communicate a positive identity has always existed. Keeping diaries was all the rage for millions of our Victorian-era predecessors. Social media is the latest manifestation.
A new health policy landscape for Wales? : A new health policy landscape for Wales?
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The community and family orientated approaches outlined in the independent review of Health and Social Care in Wales provides a great sense of optimism: that individuals will stop being viewed in isolation, with a community public mental health approach underpinning the recommendations.