Reports and resources
Papers, reports articles from Mind's campaigns and policy work, and our MindThink project to debate future mental health policy.
All resources:
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Still in the red: update on debt and mental health
One in 11 people in the UK reports being in debt or arrears. For people with mental health problems this rises to one in four. Mind’s survey, 'Still in the red', updates our earlier research from 2008.
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Stress and mental health in the workplace
When our jobs are the cause of our stress, we can feel powerless to do anything about it, which of course raises our stress
levels even higher.
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Taking care of business - guide for small businesses
Mind teams up with the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) to publish guidance to help small firms manage mental health and wellbeing in the workplace and support their staff.
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Taking care of business: employer solutions for better mental health at work
Our 'Taking care of business' campaign calls on employers to create mentally healthy, open workplaces and aims to equip them with the awareness and tools to respond appropriately to employees who disclose a mental health problem.
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The Big Society: a softer label for funding cuts?
A charity sector made vulnerable by widespread spending cuts is not the right way to grow the civic society and encourage community voluntarism, writes Gloria De Piero MP.
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The end of delivering race equality?
As the Delivering Race Equality programme drew to a close, Rights and Wellbeing of Racialised Groups (RawOrg) gathered the views of key players to assess its achievements and shortfalls.
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The Future Vision Coalition: future priorities
This paper sets out the Coalition's priorities for action following the publication of the Department of Health's New Horizons programme.
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The lion's cage
ForUs, a mental health user group, has successfully challenged the traditional power base of service providers within their local borough in Wales.
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The right to exist
There was no gentle coaxing in the eating disorders unit, remembers Alex Williams
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The times they are a-changing
The social and political climate now facing those of us with mental health problems seems to me to reflect the traditional battles between good and evil that are the stuff of legend.
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Thirty years on
I was at the theaatre with a friend. The fuzzy feeling in my head and my slightly sore throat weren't detracting from my enjoyment of the play.
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Those postnatal blues
Research has shown that 12-15 per cent of women experience postnatal depression.
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Treading water
It was 1992 when I first became involved in the mental health system. I got to know a young man who, like me, is Black and has a love of African jazz music.
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Trying to keep afloat
Water can introduce us to a new way of being, says Daphne Wood
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Unworkable and regressive
The draft Mental Health Bill represents the next stage in a process of consultation which has included the Richardson Committee Report, the Government Green Paper, the Health Committee Report and finally the White Paper.