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/ Mental Health Awareness Week

Why mental health awareness matters

Mental Health Foundation's Director of England Alexa Knight tackles the value of mental health awareness, in light of recent questions about whether it has gone "too far".

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/ Research

A new strategy, a new opportunity to protect Scotland’s mental health

As the Scottish Government prepares a new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, we have a fresh opportunity to protect our nation’s mental health and well-being in the context of these national challenges and to draft a truly whole-of-government Strategy.

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/ Influencing policies

Mental health: a national asset for Scotland

We are calling for robust political discussion of mental health during the election campaign, followed by a commitment by the next Scottish Government to a cross-departmental approach to mental health policy - not just a technical, mental illness-focused mental health strategy.

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