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Why do we treat cancer differently to Mental Health?

Talking about our mental health can really difficult – but in this…

Roxanne Kerr

Senior psychiatrist calls on the Government for urgent investment in cash-strapped frontline services

Writing exclusively for Mental Health Today Dr Kate Lovett, Dean and chief academic…

Dr Kate Lovett

Why quitting exercise for two years saved my life

An inspirational personal story of the relationship between eating disorders and exercise,…

Maddi Crease

What does sustainable mental health support from friends look like?

Often in times of crisis, it is friends who we turn to…

LeeMC2022

My psychiatric condition helped me discover my genderfluidity

Ibtissam Benaibout has had a preoccupation with daydreaming since she was a…

LeeMC2022

Maladaptive Daydreaming: the underrepresented condition

Ibtissam Benaibout lives with a condition known as Maladaptive Daydreaming which has…

Ibtissam Benaibout

How to confound barriers to mental illness support experienced in the Muslim community

Mohammed Khan, who has lived with mental illness for over a decade,…

Mohammed Khan

Scotland’s MHA review: “I don’t think trauma-informed care will stop all the suffering we go through”

Graham Morgan has been living under a compulsory community treatment order for…

Graham Morgan

How I use emotional facts to stop judging myself

Maddi Crease explores her emotional experiences through the lens of Dialectical Behavioural…

Maddi Crease

That is the worst part, having to come to terms with your freedom being taken away

Mohammed Khan, who has lived with mental illness for thirteen years, reflects…

Mohammed Khan