A-Z of mental health
Information and advice on a huge range of mental health topics
Blogging about mental health issues
Each week we publish blog posts on a whole range of topics, relating in some way to mental health.
We welcome comments and questions on our posts, but have a few ground rules to keep the site welcoming and interesting to every body. The first rule is the most important: be respectful of other commenters and bloggers.
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NovNominees for Journalist of the year
Mark Rice-Oxley reviews the journalists nominated in our Mind Media Awards: "I've always found it a great help to hear from fellow travellers; it makes depression seem less lonely"
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NovMind Media Awards 2012: a review of the speech radio category
Charlotte blogs: "I’m a big lover of speech radio, but I’d somehow missed all these wonderful shows."
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9
NovThe Mark Hanson Digital Media Award - Shortlist Review
Zarathustra reviews the digital entries for this year's Mind Media Awards.
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NovJudging the Mind Media Awards
"A bad programme won’t just lead to dents in my telly, it could also affect the way I’m treated by other people.... a good programme is going to help people understand" Liz blogs about this year's Mind Media Awards.
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NovBritain's Biggest Hoarders
Elizabeth watches Britain's Biggest Hoarders, nominated for our Mind Media Awards: "I can see how easy it would be to cross the fine line between ‘collector’ and ‘hoarder’."
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NovDo you watch Homeland?
Mary blogs about how she has used Homeland to explain her experience of bipolar. "I was trying to describe my latest hypomanic episode to my CPN and I found myself asking 'Do you watch Homeland?'"
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OctHomeland - how I relate
Jules compares her experience of Bipolar to Carrie's in the first episode of the second season of Homeland, which has been nominated for one our our Mind Media Awards.
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SepWe need to feel
Roger blogs for us about his experience of shortlisting journalists for the Mind Media Awards: “I’ve felt hope, pain and been moved to tears.”
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JulMind Media Awards: breaking down barriers
Josh, last year's student journalist of the year, on how the awards help: "...they are for people like you and me, who have experiences of mental health problems.”
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8
JunGetting your headline straight - exercise and depression
"Exercise no help with depression" later became "Depression: Exercise advice questioned when added to standard treatments”. Chris looks at the controversy surrounding exercise and depression this week.
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JunThe myths of exercise and depression
Spurred on by a new study into exercise and depression, Charlotte reflects on the value of exercise as a means of coping with a mental health problem.
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MayThe week I let ITV film my depression
"Yes, this is me. I’m a man, I have a mental health problem and I’m happy to say it."
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JanTweet to defeat. New PIP will fail people with mental health problems
We urgently need your help to overturn some very damaging parts of the Government’s Welfare Reform Bill.
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SepThe X Factor and mental health
Are vulnerable people being exploited or humiliated on the X Factor? Matt Taylor blogs on why mental health should not become a spectator sport.
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JunDo doughnuts make you depressed?
Sam discusses the effects of food on depression, "We don't know why some people are likely to experience depression and not others."