We’ve come a long way in public mental health in recent years. The language that we use is fundamental to that. We have managed, as a society, to move away from stigmatising and discriminatory terms like 'mental', 'maniac' and 'madman'. But what about 'murderer'?
Responding to the Bill that Dr Luke Evans, MP presented today in Parliament, Dr Antonis Kousoulis, Director for England and Wales at the Mental Health Foundation.
Mental Health Awareness Week is a time to ask big questions. 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?
The UCAN StressLESS project worked with 232 young people living with long-term conditions in an empowering way. It sought to explore and develop solutions that would increase confidence in how to manage their physical conditions as well as their mental health needs.
Peer Potential (Self-Directed Support) was a three-year project funded under the Scottish Government Self-Directed Support Capacity Building Programme. Peer Potential created and supported a capacity-building network of small, lived experience-led organisations to develop their role/identity, so that they could provide sustainable peer-led SDS services to people with mental health problems.
The Mental Health Foundation, along with Into Film, have launched a new mindfulness resource, Mindfulness Through Film. The resource explores the many benefits attached to cultivating a mindful state, outlining how film can be used to develop mindfulness skills.
