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Mental health activist Peter Campbell named as Mind Diamond Champion

Mind announces 2006 Book of the Year award winner

Mind Book of the Year 2006: Valerie Mason-John takes prize for first novel Borrowed Body.

Mind Journalist of the Year award announced

Mind celebrates 60 years of speaking out

Mind celebrates Big Lottery Fund research grant

Mental health charity Mind today celebrated a £374,655 Big Lottery Fund grant for research into the care of people with chronic depression.

Mind announces new Chief Executive

Mind today welcomes Paul Farmer as its new Chief Executive, starting in May 2006, during the charity's 60th anniversary year.

Mind exposes severe neglect of older people

New research highlights services cut-off, lack of treatment choice, age discrimination by GPs, lack of suicide prevention policy, high levels of ECT, and diagnosis failure.

Mind releases latest drugs report: Coping with coming off exposes serious difficulties in doctor-patient relationship

Of patients interviewed, 40 per cent saw their GPs as "not helpful" in the process, making them the least helpful source of advice and support, with 10 per cent stating that GPs "made things worse".

Mind concerned as new study links Seroxat to increased risk of suicide

Following a BBC Panorama documentary on paroxetine in 2002, 1,374 people called or emailed the programme makers about their experiences or the experiences of loved ones.

Mental health services still falling behind

The annual report to Parliament on the state of healthcare in England and Wales focused for the first time on the experience of patients.

Mental health services still falling behind

The annual report to Parliament on the state of healthcare in England and Wales focused for the first time on the experience of patients.

Mind governed by experience

73 per cent of Mind Trustees bring direct experience to lead mental health charity.

Mind comments on the case of Glaister Earl Butler

The knee-jerk and sensationalist response seen in some sections of the media is harmful in its generalist approach, equating people with mental health problems with dangerousness.

The Archers and Joanna Bennett announced as Mind Champions of the Year

Journalist of the Year 2005 announced

Mind announces the unanimous winner of Mind's Journalist of the Year 2005: Joanna Kowalski, Nottingham Evening Post, only the second ever regional journalist to win.