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Mental health professionals must value insight from friends, families, and carers

Joy Hibbins, who runs the charity Suicide Crisis, was diagnosed with Bipolar…

Joy Hibbins

Most vulnerable women are being repeatedly failed: A call for trauma-informed NHS approaches

With 60-70% of women accessing mental health services having experienced domestic abuse,…

Anonymous

Student experiences of anxiety are brought to life through illustration

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

LeeMC2022

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

Conquering anxiety: pathological fear and its manifold causes

What causes anxiety? Abi Crossland-Otter explores what we know.

Abi Crossland-Otter

Stand-up comedian finds therapeutic benefits in her mental health themed show

Darren Devine speak to Harriet Dyer about the therapeutic benefits of openness…

Darren Devine

No one should be shamed for trying to understand what is affecting them: A defence of self-diagnosis

Chloe Wilkinson, who lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder, examines why there is…

LeeMC2022

I thought that there was something wrong with me or I was just a bad person

Ann-Marie D'Arcy-Sharpe, 32, reflects upon her experiences of growing up with undiagnosed…

LeeMC2022

Denying the traumatic origin of Dissociative Identity Disorder denies those who live with it a recovery

Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by severe and repeated childhood trauma often…

Chloe Apter

Managing mental health difficulties this Christmas

Dr Sian Hughes, a Forensic Psychologist, discusses ways to cope with mental…

Dr Sian Hughes