What does sustainable mental health support from friends look like?
Often in times of crisis, it is friends who we turn to for support. But where do we - or should we - draw the line?
My psychiatric condition helped me discover my genderfluidity
Ibtissam Benaibout has had a preoccupation with daydreaming since she was a teenager. Whilst this has made her life difficult in many ways, it allowed her to come to terms…
Maladaptive Daydreaming: the underrepresented condition
Ibtissam Benaibout lives with a condition known as Maladaptive Daydreaming which has robbed her of her relationships, her career, and her education.
Will the call for a post-Covid ‘mental health renewal plan’ be heard by policymakers?
A Rethink Mental Illness survey found that of 1,400 people living with mental illness, 79 percent said that their mental health had got worse as a result of the pandemic.…
Is racism scourge of poor mental health in the NHS?
Dr Tony Rao, Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, highlights stalled progress on tackling discrimination within the health service.
The NEON Trial – Do you or your clients have experience of psychosis or psychosis-like experiences?
Researchers are seeking to establish whether online access to real-life mental health recovery stories delivers a therapeutic benefit to people that have experienced psychosis.
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, examines specific stigma towards mental illness sometimes seen and experienced in the Muslim community.
Isolation among factors fuelling LGBTQ+ use of mental health crisis text service
On the eve of Global Pride 2020, crisis text message service Shout 85258 reveals it has had 94,823 conversations with 43,129 texters identifying as LGBTQ+ since it launched just over…
Making peace with lockdown uncertainty
Feelings of loss and grief are felt by people living through a pandemic all too often, says Cognitive Behavioural Therapist Michael O'Sullivan.
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 ten years, having previously spent four months in hospital for his mental health. He was recently appointed to…
