Facial hair, happiness and male menstruation
So here we are in Movember again. From their original focus on prostate cancer, the Movember Foundation now has work programmes on other aspects of men’s health, including mental health.
View ArticleWhy research eating disorders?
Eating Disorders affect over 700,000 people in the UK, yet we still know very little about these mental health disorders and how we can better treat them. Una Foye explains why she chose to research...
View ArticleThe power of employers in helping people with autism in to work
We talk often about knowing what works in getting people into employment; all that research and evidence; all that practice. Yet where do employers fit? Should they not be doing some of this stuff for...
View ArticleLove me, love my app
I’m happy to be called a Luddite because they were trying to preserve their livelihood and identity in the face of industrialisation...applying 21st century speak, one could say there was a wellbeing...
View ArticleHomelessness and mental health
As the nights get colder and darker, it is timely to talk about a fundamental factor which greatly influences people’s mental health: housing.
View ArticlePreventing suicide and poor mental health in new mums
This week a study by The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths, based at the University of Oxford, found that ‘around half of suicides by women while pregnant or after giving birth could be...
View Article‘Tis the season to be jolly
Whilst Christmas can be a happy time of year for many, this is not the case for all. For those that find the festive season difficult, Emma Wilson shares some advice for looking after wellbeing at this...
View ArticleChristmas has a direct impact on our mental health
The narrative on loneliness in the UK is synonymous with Christmas. As it should be. Loneliness and isolation are a fast growing concern of councils and government and have been linked to lower life...
View ArticleThe Age of Loneliness
Mark Rowland, the Mental Health Foundation’s new Director of Fundraising and Communications, writes about the importance of confronting the rising issue of loneliness in modern Britain.
View ArticlePolicy comment: Prime Minister’s speech on mental health
Marguerite Regan, the Mental Health Foundation’s Policy Manager, sets out why today’s speech by the Prime Minister highlights that mental health has risen up the policy agenda but represents a missed...
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