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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Respect!
Almost the first action of our new government was to promise action to promote 'respect' in our society.
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A sense of sound
Like many diagnosed with schizophrenia, 51-year-old Paul Hainsworth lives with voices in his head. At their worst, they used to cause him so much misery he would become suicidal.
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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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Improving quality of life
Dementia is one of the most common and devastating of conditions of later life. In the UK, dementia affects 500,000 people at any one time, with 200,000 new cases every year.
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Nutters on the net
For reasons that aren't immediately clear, mad people seem to be everywhere on the net.
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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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Hope
Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas on hope
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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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Ward Watch
Mind's 2004 Ward Watch report revealed two extremes of hospital conditions.
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Spiritual psychology
Suman Fernando on the spiritual basis for a multicultural mental health service.
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Imagine
Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas on creativity, madness and meaning
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It doesn't have to be like this
Jim Read wants a drug-free mental health service
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Those postnatal blues
Research has shown that 12-15 per cent of women experience postnatal depression.
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What price sanity?
Medication has robbed Lisa Barker of some of the best days of her life.
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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.