Infectious disease outbreaks, like the current coronavirus (COVID-19), can be scary and can affect our mental health. While it is important to stay informed, there are also many things we can do to support and manage our wellbeing during such times. Across the nations of the UK, lockdown is easing […]
Top tips to help parents and carers support kids’ mental wellbeing
YOUNG people in East Sussex are offering their ‘top ten tips’ to help parents and carers support children’s mental health. The guide was devised after a survey of almost 1,000 people found children, parents and carers had different ideas on what would help youngsters’ emotional wellbeing. It includes simple tips […]
Jason McAteer- Sport is Integral to Better Mental Health in Men
With the Premier League kicking off this season new research highlights the vital role sport plays in supporting men with their mental health struggles Football is more than just a game they say, and new research released as the new Premier League season kicks off, suggests that the ‘beautiful game’, […]
NEARLY HALF OF BRITS ‘SELF-MEDICATE’ THEIR MENTAL HEALTH
ONE IN FIVE CURRENTLY RELY ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TO COPE WITH ISSUES MANY USE SELF-MEDICATION TO FEEL IN CONTROL BUT ARE TAKING BEHAVIOUR TO EXTREMES OTHERS FEEL THEY CAN’T TALK TO ANYONE ABOUT ISSUES More than 24 million Britons self-medicate their mental health symptoms, including using illegal drugs or […]
Mental Health 2019 Achieving the Five year Forward View 26th of September 2019 – RSM, London
Over the last two year’s Govconnects series of Mental Health conferences have provided the platform for delivery partners across the system including NHS England, Health Education England, the Care Quality Commission, Public Health England, the Department of Health and NHS Digital to disclose their next steps on the Five Year […]