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Student experiences of anxiety are brought to life through illustration

With one third of UK students reporting feelings of isolation and loneliness,…

LeeMC2022

How domestic abuse can impact working lives too – and what can be done about it

Domestic Abuse doesn’t stay at home. It impacts every part of people’s…

Sarah Owen

Depression isn’t an inevitable part of ageing: challenging ageist stereotypes in the mental health field

Jeremy Bacon, the Older People Lead for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy…

Jeremy Bacon

Alcoholism in the household – the mental health impact

Kieran describes how scars associated with a childhood spent living with an…

Shina Waresh

Tampon Tax will fund peer support initiatives for women with mental health problems

After being allocated £.18m from the Tampon Tax Fund generated from the…

LeeMC2022

The benefits of social prescribing – and a word of warning

Socialisation is increasingly being prescribed by NHS healthcare professionals to tackle loneliness…

Chloe Apter

Can I even be ill if my life is this fulfilled? – challenging misconceptions of millennial mental illness

Lisa, a mental health blogger in her mid-twenties, discusses why attitudes towards…

LeeMC2022

Volunteering at a psychiatric hospital: “I witnessed uncomfortable truths, the good, the bad, and the very ugly”

Jessica, who lives with Borderline Personality Disorder, reflects upon her experience of…

Jessica Murray

Report highlights the unique stressors faced by healthcare students – and it’s not just Junior Doctors

The NHS Staff and Learners' Mental Wellbeing Commission has just released a…

LeeMC2022

Knowledge is Power in Mental Health Education

Robert Westhead discusses why a mental health curriculum that arms young people…

Robert Westhead