Podcasts and Videos

Could visiting museums help us ward off dementia?

Podcast episode with the British Journal of Psychiatry on cultural activities and our rate of cognitive decline.

Being a doctor, life on a psychiatric ward, recovery and creativity

Ali Blatcher was a a junior doctor, and a year ago she was admitted to a psychiatric ward. She talks to Stuart Hill about her experiences how self-care and support have helped her, and how creativity has been therapeutic for her as well as being a tool for raising awareness. We also discuss the BBC's loneliness experiment, our new Make it Count campaign and speak to the Foundation's new Chief Executive Mark Rowland about his vision for the future of mental health. Links Make It Count campaign BBC News Article on The Loneliness Experiment Minister for Suicide Prevention appointed Ali's Mental...

Children's mental health on World Mental Health Day 2018

Jane Caro talks discusses children's mental health and our new Make it Count campaign for World Mental Health Day 2018.

What is the best way to analyse mental health treatments?

How often have you thought about how your mental health treatment is analysed for its effectiveness? We discuss this and more in our latest podcast episode.

Jonathan Bartley: mental health and the economy

Jonathan Bartley spoke to Stuart Hill about mental health, the four-day week, universal basic income and more.

How a damaging work culture can affect mental health

Elitsa Dermendzhiyska talks about how she burned out due to a damaging culture in the start-up world she was working in, along with the power of sharing stories.

Animation | Stress: are we coping?

Our animation explores stress - what it is, how we're coping and how we can do better.

How Derek Richter founded the Mental Health Foundation

We speak to Ted Reynolds and Robert Balazs, colleagues of our founder Derek Richter, about Derek's legacy and the impact he's still having today.

Watch highlights of our ThriveLDN tour

See what we're doing as part of ThriveLDN - a project aimed at improving the health of Londoners, with the intention to take similar projects across the country.