To mark International Friendship Day, I sat down for a ‘Tea & Talk’ in Glasgow last weekend with four new mums to chat about the importance of friendship for their mental health.
This guide provides you with tips on how to look after your mental health using mindfulness. Whatever your age, mindfulness can help you lead a mentally healthier life and improve your wellbeing.
In early March 2023, our Amplifying Maternal Voices project held the first National Perinatal Mental Health Conference led by the Foundation since 2018, with the theme of ‘Breaking Barriers’.
Being able to talk about mental health and open up about how you are feeling is so powerful. Please help us give such strength to other families and donate today.
Lee Knifton, Director of Scotland and Northern Ireland, responds to Edinburgh University's findings on depression: "We welcome new research that can help to inform our understanding of biological dimensions that contribute towards the development or perpetuation of depression, particularly where this can lead to creating more effective treatments and support to alleviate suffering."
Lauren Stonebanks, a member of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival’s national planning group, tells us what this year’s festival theme ‘In/Visible’ means to them.
The Mental Health Foundation works across the life course. Concerns about body image and appearance, while often associated with younger people, are not exclusive to being young. Though our appearance and our relationship with our bodies change as we age, we do not stop valuing our bodies, and in later life, adults are still concerned about body image.
This online webinar was held on 4 November 2021, and was designed to be an opportunity to reflect on the ways you look after your mental health and wellbeing, find out tips on building more opportunities for rest in your daily schedules, and where to go for more support.
