Recasting culture in the workplace
Politicians can role model the 'mental health aware' working cultures they want to see, argues James Morris, Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis in the West Midlands.
‘The shame of not being able to help my son with anorexia sparked a fire inside me’
Navigating the NHS caring for her son with anorexia drove Debbie Roche to organise a conference to help create positive change for young people in crisis
‘I want the #MeToo campaign to succeed but it is hard for my mental health to take’
Rae Ritchie explores the push and pull between wanting the #MeToo campaign to succeed and admitting that it's making her issues harder to bear ...
Using CBT to unlearn the ‘role’ of a man
Suicide is the most common cause of death for men aged 20 to 49 in England and Wales. Therapist Michael O’Sullivan explores why this might be and how CBT could…
‘When I’m having a bad day everything feels overwhelming’
Rae Ritche talks about what bad days feel like when living with anxiety.
It’s official – there is such a thing as society
The Prime Minister has taken on the recommendations of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and, while this is welcome, there are still many issues that need to…
Is equality of mental and physical health fake news?
Dr Adrian James says that we can learn from Donald Trump about how to push the mental health agenda and achieve reform and parity with physical health care.
Clinicians gave up on my ability to survive: they didn’t realise that I had bipolar disorder
Joy Hibbins, founder of Suicide Crisis, writes about her own struggles with bipolar disorder for World Bipolar Day.
Should coming off anti-depressants be the ultimate recovery goal?
Sophie Benson explores the common consensus that coming off antidepressants marks success, she asks - should becoming medication-free be seen as the ultimate health goal?
In the blood; in the mind
A transplant patient explains what good mental health care would look like, should look like, for people who go through similar treatments for blood cancers and blood disorders.
