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About Mind | in Home
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Mind Workplace | in How we can help you
Mind Workplace provides training and consultancy for employers on mental health, enhancing productivity by improving business practices.
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The network | in About Mind
A fundamental part of Mind's work is provided through our network of over 180 local Mind associations.
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Our success stories | in About Mind
Over more than 60 years Mind has worked to improve the lives of all people with experience of mental health problems. Here are some recent achievements of which we are proud.
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What we do | in About Mind
Our vision is of a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all, and that treats people with experience of mental distress fairly, positively, and with respect
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Mind and media awards | in About Mind
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Mental Health Media Awards | in Mind and media awards
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Mind awards | in Mind and media awards
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Winners archive | in Mind awards
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Mind in Action | in Join Mind
Mind in Action is Mind's network of groups and individuals who work together to campaign locally and nationally for a better deal for people with mental health problems.
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Mind's media office | in News
Mind provides a range of services to members of the media which foster good practice in reporting on mental health.
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Why Workplace? | in Mind Workplace
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How to report on mental health | in Mind's media office
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Mind spokespeople | in Mind's media office
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Media coverage | in Take action
If you have seen inappropriate coverage of mental health in the media, you can make a complaint.
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Tell us your story | in Take action
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Become a media volunteer | in Tell us your story
People with direct experience of mental distress can raise awareness of mental health issues by sharing their story with the media.
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About Mind Cymru | in Mind Cymru
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Share your story | in Get involved
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Who owns the mind? | in Campaign report
Provocative alternatives to understanding madness and treatment, based entirely on first-hand experience, are pioneering new ways of thinking, says Gail A. Hornstein
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Counting the cost | in Campaign report
There are plenty of 'facts and figures' in the coverage of the financial crisis, but they pay little attention to the costs to mental health and wellbeing that financial difficulties generate.
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Should cannabis be restored to class B? | in Campaign report
Cannabis has been an illegal class C drug since January 2004, when it was reclassified from class B. The difference between these two classes is in the penalties for dealing and for possession.
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Coping with coming off | in Campaign report
Since the publication of Mind's research into people's experiences of coming off psychiatric drugs, a number of groups have been set up to try to meet the report's recommendations.
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How can I help you? | in Campaign report
What's the difference between Prince Charles and a psychiatric patient? asks Rachel Perkins
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Connecting inside and out | in Campaign report
In many traditions, especially those outside the western world, spirituality is woven into everyday life and is an integral part of culture.
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Sibling dearest | in Campaign report
Psychologists have tended to overlook sibling relationships, says Dorothy Rowe
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Is critical psychiatry a threat? | in Campaign report
In 2001, 'critical' psychiatrist Duncan Double was suspended for six months from his NHS practice. The suspension was political, he tells Adam James
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Fit for their purpose | in Campaign report
In order to operate effectively, psychiatric wards need to know what they are and what they aspire to be.
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As the twig is bent | in Campaign report
Some people never question how they interpret others, says Dorothy Rowe
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Changing the culture? | in Campaign report
'Changing the culture' is the latest theme or fad. I hadn't realised that those working within the psychiatric system had any 'culture' to change.
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Spiritual psychology | in Campaign report
Suman Fernando on the spiritual basis for a multicultural mental health service.
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I can make a difference - in small ways | in Campaign report
As a mental health nurse, Paul Reet knows he is working with people who experience the same issues he once did.
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Nutters on the net | in Campaign report
For reasons that aren't immediately clear, mad people seem to be everywhere on the net.
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Coming off medication | in Campaign report
If you are stopping taking medication it is advisable to reduce the dose gradually, as it is difficult to predict who will have problems withdrawing.
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Katherine's story | in Volunteer team
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Marina's story | in Volunteer team
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ASIST training dates | in Positive Choices project
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Mental health patients neglected and forgotten | in News Story
A shocking report from the Mental Health Act Commission reveals the shameful conditions of many of our mental health wards where poor practice is entrenched, staff are overstretched and often lack the basic skills to prevent tragedies occurring.
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Local Mind shop makes handbags from gladrags | in News Story
Mental health charity Mind's Ipswich shop is launching 'Piece of Mind' next Monday, a range of eco-friendly bags designed and made by volunteers at the shop.
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Mental health activist Peter Campbell named as Mind Diamond Champion | in News Story
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Mind announces 2006 Book of the Year award winner | in News Story
Mind Book of the Year 2006: Valerie Mason-John takes prize for first novel Borrowed Body.
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Mind celebrates 60 years of speaking out | in News Story
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Mind exhibition paints picture of mixed quality care on inpatient wards | in News Story
Artists from across the UK will today attend a reception and exhibition of their works in central London.
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November/December issue of Openmind out now | in News Story
Check out the latest issue of the UK's only editorially independent mental health magazine.
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A sense of purpose | in Event
Mind service user conference 2009
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