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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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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11
JulEastEnders - helping or hindering?
Watch Cordelia's video blog on whether EastEnders helps or hinders awareness of mental health problems.
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JulThe media does get it right
Pandora, last year's winner of the Mark Hanson new media award, blogs about why our media awards are important and why you should enter.
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JulSubmit your favourite bloggers and tweeters for the Mind Media Awards
"We do need good portrayals of mental health in the media, and one way to encourage that is reward and recognise those that are created. Lord knows there’s been enough bad portrayals over the years."
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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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MarSchizophrenia on Waterloo Road
Jenni blogs about working on BBC drama Waterloo Road which tonight airs an episode about schizophrenia.
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NovStudent Journalist of the Year - the Mind Media Awards Shortlist
Victoria, a journalism student herself, reviews the shortlist: ".. [I] found myself relating to this year’s entries more than I ever thought I would."
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NovMind Media Awards - A review of the drama shortlist
Kirsty reviews the drama shortlist ahead of our media awards on Monday: "...dramas are a great way of indirectly educating ill-informed people like me."
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NovMind Media Awards - A review of the speech radio shortlist
Katya reviews the speech radio shortlist: a selection of interviews, live broadcasts and documentaries aiming to stimulate honest conversation about mental health problems.
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NovMind Media Awards - A review of the documentary shortlist
Sharon reviews the documentaries: all living examples, voices of experience, of the impact of mental health problems around the world.
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OctMind Media Awards: A Review of the New Media Nominees
Zarathustra reviews our new media award shortlist: "...browse these sites for a worthy snapshot of the continually-evolving ways that new/social media can be used to talk about mental health."
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NovSome viewers may find the opinions expressed in this programme challenging
What's the rationale behind tonight's Mental Health Media Awards?