Challenging mental health inequalities

Certain population subgroups are at higher risk of mental health problems because of greater exposure and vulnerability to unfavourable social, economic, and environmental circumstances.

These intersect with factors including gender, ethnicity and disability, with devsatating circumstances in many cases.

Projects

MyLife, MyFuture

For young people aged between 10 and 18 who are either in care or have been in care.

Amaan

The Amaan project raised awareness of the mental health needs of asylum-seeking and refugee women in Glasgow

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Stories

Barry's story: Tourette's and true love

Barry has Tourette's syndrome, which causes him a lot of stress and tension.

Rachel's story: Learning confidence in my parenting skills

Rachel is a stay-at-home single mum, with two young children: Jake and Evan.

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Blogs

• Psychologically informed support for homeless people: what it means and why it’s crucial
• New survey highlights mental health gender differences
• Tackling poverty and mental health – what we know and what we can do
• Taking control: money and mental health

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News

• Two in three adults face mental health problems
• Foundation joins calls for people who experienced in care abuse or neglect in Scotland to register for support

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Health inequalities manifesto 2018

13 March 2018

To achieve a world with good mental health for all, we must tackle huge inequalities. Here are our key priorities for doing this.

The Mental health of young women and girls: how to prevent a growing crisis

21 December 2017

Our report looks at the state of mental health in young women and girls and suggests how it can be improved.

Health, happiness and wellbeing in the transition from adolescence to adulthood

22 February 2017

This is the report of the systematic overview titled ‘Health, Happiness and Wellbeing in the Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood: A Systematic Overview of Population Level Interventions’. It is one of two linked reviews commissioned by The RSE Scotland Foundation.