No Mind Left Behind: Support the Carers Behind the Scenes: This Mental Health Awareness Week (12–18 May 2025), Mind is calling for action: That includes the people holding others up—often without recognition or support. Why Carers Matter If you’re supporting someone with a mental health problem—checking in, managing appointments, helping them through daily life—you’re a […]
Top Tips To Detox Your Mind and Body: A detox is a healthy way of looking after not just your body, but your mind too. When it comes to detoxing, in order to be successful, you should look at ways in which you can tackle it effectively, depending on what it is you’re detoxing from. […]
How does overcoming stigma improve access to mental health care? The UK is more concerned with mental health than ever before. Charities and government programmes, such as Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, are addressing the stigma surrounding mental well-being. This, in turn, has encouraged an open conversation in the media, education, and healthcare. This article […]
Major new mental health study inspired by lived experience: Experts at Northumbria University are supporting a £1 million research study, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), which aims to improve the outcomes and experiences of those being discharged from mental health hospitals. Around 50,000 people leave mental healthcare hospitals every […]
People who work in the emergency services, including ambulance drivers and paramedics, face unique pressures including regular exposure to traumatic incidents and life-threatening emergencies. What they see on a daily basis, most people would not expect to see in a lifetime. So it is not entirely surprising that, in a recent online poll carried out by […]
How hard it is to say what we mean. “I think like a genius, I write like a distinguished author, I speak like a child.” So said the distinguished Nobel prize winner, Vladimir Nabokov of his ability to express himself when speaking to others. Think of the amount of ways we have of saying the […]