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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NovAn Inspector Calls
Today Edith, a Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inspector, blogs for us about how important feedback from the public is, and how the CQC respond to the feedback they receive.
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26
NovFeeling out of control in crisis care
Paul blogs for us about his experience of being in crisis and having no say in what happened to him through the process. He talks about how the plans he made were ignored and how he often found staff too busy to engage with his needs.
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23
NovDepression in sport
Ahead of Sunday's London Wasps rugby match, Fabio blogs for us on the existence and portrayal of depression in sport.
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23
NovMerry Mockmas
Maria from Mind blogs about why, for many people, Christmas is not a season of good cheer and has some ideas for festive fundraising that involve dressing up in the worst possible taste.
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22
NovFacing my fears
Mind runs training in mental health awareness for private and public sector organisations and individuals. One of our trainers, Amarinder, blogs about what speaking about her own experiences means to the audience (and to her).
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22
NovHomeland: Mind Media Award winner
Matt Wilkinson blogs about being a judge at the Mind Media Awards: "It is a regular debate we have as to the trade off between reaching a wide range of viewers and providing challenging content.."
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21
NovJournalist of the year: Julia George, BBC Radio Kent
Sally Brampton blogs about Julia's programme on suicide: "I would tell Julia George how I feel, live, on radio. Why? Because I know, in her empathy and understanding, that I would be in a safe place.. ."
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21
NovOn Emmerdale winning the Mind Media Award
Mark Borkowski says: "Using a mass medium like Soap Operas [can show] just how indiscriminate and widespread mental health problems are."
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20
NovCarrie and me
Mary blogs about how she identifies with the character of Carrie in Homeland, last night's winner: "I would bet a significant chunk that the way I interpreted Carrie's actions was different from most people."
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20
NovSpeaking out about mental health problems
Rebecca Brown, last year's winner and one of our judges, blogs about our Speaking out award at last night's Mind Media Awards.
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20
NovThe Biggest Event of the Year
Tracey blogs about the Mind Media Awards last night: "It was an amazing feeling ... to see so many people [who] have all been brought together to celebrate mental health"
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19
NovSpeaking out and the Mind Media Awards
Ilona on how her blog has helped: "I'm not afraid to speak out, but I know that many people are and a lot, sadly, have good reason not to."
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19
NovThe Stephen Fry effect
Tracey looks forward to meeting Stephen Fry at our Mind Media Awards tonight: "What stuck out most was that he carried on; he wouldn't let it beat him."
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16
NovReview of the Documentary shortlist
Pandora reviews the documentaries ahead of Monday's media awards: "Each one of the programmes provides fascinating insight into the condition experienced, and perhaps even more importantly, they do this respectfully and sensitively."
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16
NovReview of the Student Journalist of the Year shortlist
Josh, a previous Mind Student Journalist of the Year winner, reviews this year's shortlist for the award.