Media office

Journalists are welcome to contact the media office on 020 8522 1743, or out of hours, on 07850 788 514. Email media@mind.org.uk. The media office is only able to deal with enquiries from the media. Other callers are asked to contact the MindinfoLine on 0845 766 0163.

For media enquiries in Wales, please contact Mind Cymru on 029 2039 5123 or 029 2034 6575.

The anti-stigma body, Shift, has a detailed guide for journalists on reporting mental health issues, including suicide.

Shift also has information for the public on how to respond to media coverage of mental health issues.

The Mind website has information and statistics on mental health issues. If you are looking for mental health related images you may like to try the Wellcome Trust medical photographic library.

Mind journalism awards

Find out about our Journalist of the Year and Student Journalist of the Year awards.

Email media@mind.org.uk to receive Mind press releases.

Latest press releases

To search press releases only, please enter 'press' and relevant keywords in the search box on the left. For example, 'press mental health act'.

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For older press releases, please see the press archive.

01/07/2009	Regulation must be extended to help stamp out abuse
15/06/2009	Verdict reached in landmark mental health employment case
12/06/2009	Attitudes towards mental health heading for tipping point
02/06/2009	Mind and WITNESS respond to ruling on Derek Gale case
15/05/2009	Mind and EastEnders work together
15/05/2009	Top notch topknot: Times journalist Sathnam Sanghera wins Mind Book of the Year Award 2009
15/05/2009	Alastair Campbell gets majority vote! Mind Champion of the Year 2009
15/05/2009	Local journalist Eleanor Harding wins Mind Journalist of the Year
11/05/2009	Recession puts mental health of men at risk
24/04/2009	Local charity shop wants the shirt off your back
22/04/2009	Comedians man up for mental health: Richard Herring headlines Mind Comedy Night
21/04/2009	Record breaking 200K to be raised for mental health by 160 marathon runners
20/04/2009	Mind Journalist of the Year 2009 shortlist announced
17/04/2009	Mind Champion of the Year Award 2009 shortlist announced
06/04/2009	Mind Awards 2009: Book of the Year shortlist announced
30/03/2009	Mental health services failing young and old
18/03/2009	£1 million given to a ‘Load Of Old Rubbish’… and other eco projects
09/03/2009	Investment in mental health essential as recession bites
05/03/2009	It’s harder to ‘come out’ about mental health than being gay
05/03/2009	Got mental health problems? You’re dumped
19/02/2009	Fit for work pilots on the right track
16/02/2009	Don’t forget the side effects when erasing memories
30/01/2009	Mind says no more coercion to ‘No secrets’ consultation
28/01/2009	Justice at last on mixed sex wards scandal
27/01/2009	High Court finds Crown Prosecution Service to be discriminating against victims with mental health problems
23/01/2009	Overwhelming demand crashes charity website after millions see mental health TV advert
23/01/2009	TV ad shows mental health stigma can be a matter of life and death
09/01/2009	Mind comments on the indignity of mixed sex wards
02/01/2009	New Year's resolutions could be bad for your mental health
15/12/2008	Mind takes up legal challenge of tackling mental health discrimination
11/12/2008	Mind wins important legal battle over patients' 'right to life'
03/12/2008	Queen's Speech: Welfare reforms 'must support people with mental health problems', say four leading organisations
27/11/2008	Still no progress: mixed sex wards and racial inequalities
25/11/2008	Mind comments on Government 'fit note' plans
21/11/2008	The human cost of recession
03/11/2008	Government delays put patients at risk
30/10/2008	Mental health charity shops have music in Mind
26/10/2008	Employers must work on mental health
21/10/2008	A vision for mental health in the future
21/10/2008	Charities join forces to amplify voices of people with mental health problems
09/10/2008	Olympian Phillips Idowu, Joe McGann and Sophie Anderton join thousands to Get Moving on World Mental Health Day
07/10/2008	BBC Radio 4 mental health special
03/10/2008	Get Moving for mental health
18/09/2008	Ecominds offers pots of Big Lottery Fund cash to local environmental projects
10/09/2008	Mind comments on Healthcare Commission Community Mental Health Survey
09/09/2008	Mind calls for an end to using police cells as a place of safety
09/09/2008	Mind comments on research into rates of escape from secure hospitals
05/09/2008	Moving People is changing its name to 'Time to Change'
24/07/2008	Long waiting times for psychological therapies harmful, says mental health report
23/07/2008	Healthcare Commission reveals the extent to which acute mental health wards are failing patients
22/07/2008	Mind comments on welfare reform Green Paper
15/07/2008	MPs forced to hide mental health problems
30/06/2008	Mind comments on the Darzi Review
27/06/2008	Mind comments on the Government's new Equality Bill
19/06/2008	Do you want to influence mental health policy in England?
03/06/2008	Mind comments on the Government's new strategy for volunteers
28/05/2008	Mind welcomes King's Fund report on mental health
20/05/2008	Mind thanks Positive Weather Solutions
15/05/2008	Sunday Express editor Martin Townsend wins Mind Book of the Year Award 2008
15/05/2008	Mary O'Hara crowned Mind's Journalist of the Year 2008
15/05/2008	Dr Liz Miller announced as Mind Champion of the Year 2008
13/05/2008	Martin Lewis leads piggy banks on parade to launch Mind's debt campaign
11/05/2008	Return of the Great Depression causing great depression
08/05/2008	Mind comments on new public attitudes survey
25/04/2008	New survey shows worrying increase in self-harm
23/04/2008	Mind Journalist of the Year Award 2008 shortlist announced
21/04/2008	Mind Champion of the Year Award 2008 shortlist announced
18/04/2008	Mind praises groundbreaking documentary opening eyes and ears to hearing voices
08/04/2008	Money does grow on trees for Mind
20/03/2008	Mind Awards 2008: Book of the Year shortlist announced
13/03/2008	Journalism award nominations close Friday 11 April
06/03/2008	Public must be able to have trust in medicines
08/02/2008	New psychotherapy services cannot arrive fast enough
07/02/2008	New health and social care complaints system does not go far enough
04/02/2008	Mind comments on Healthcare Commission investigations report
30/01/2008	Mind comments on a new report that shows patients are living in fear
10/01/2008	The price of Christmas on your mental health
28/12/2007	In the red and feeling blue: FSA awards Mind £95k to tackle debt worries
17/12/2007	Mind comments on the closure of Henderson Hospital
13/12/2007	Is 'Ready for work' up to the job?
06/12/2007	Mind comments on shocking true picture of mixed-sex wards and racial discrimination in NHS
05/12/2007	Positive Weather Solutions shine a light on Mind
05/12/2007	Mental healthcare in 2007: a bleak picture?
29/11/2007	Mind reveals alarming levels of disability hate crime
23/11/2007	Mind comments on boost to war veterans mental health care
20/11/2007	Mind comments on the new incapacity benefit test
10/10/2007	Charities welcome major boost for psychological therapies in England
10/10/2007	Mind Comments on the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review
09/10/2007	Black and Minority Ethnic leaders call for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS
04/10/2007	Mind comments on Lord Darzi report
30/09/2007	Mind comments on new Mental Capacity Act
07/09/2007	Mind comments on new WHO World Health Survey on depression
05/09/2007	Janet Dean MP addresses mental health needs at Mind's Rural Conference
02/09/2007	Mind responds to Healthcare Commission report into community mental health services
31/08/2007	New booklet to open young minds
13/08/2007	Mind comments on Age Concern inquiry into mental health and wellbeing in later life
06/08/2007	Mental Health Alliance gives final verdict on 2007 Mental Health Act
02/08/2007	How to Mind your money