Returning to School & Work post Covid-19, By Jane McNeice
For fortunate industries where the business impact of Covid-19 has been minimal, or in fact improved their circumstances, in which case they may have needed to recruit more capacity or simply continue to support existing workers, thinking about returning employees to their place of work may simply not be on their agenda. Unfortunately for many employers this has not been the case, and they may now be experiencing the various stages in the process of returning employees to work, or in the case...
Read MoreLife can get Better… By Charlotte Underwood
I used to hate it when people told me that I would be okay, that life would get better and time would heal because I simply did not believe it. I still now cringe when I hear or use those sayings myself in my case my life didn’t improve. I think I’ve always had some form of mental ill health. I remember being so different to others my age, people were so alien to me and the world was so horrid though my eyes. My mother claims my first suicide attempt was at four years old. I suppose I...
Read MoreA Journey to Recovery through Art, By Andy Hollinghurst
We are often defined by what we do, not who we are. Sometimes you wonder how low you can go and if you have been at the top of your profession it’s a long way down. I used to be a head teacher. Over the last year or so when asked what I do, I say I am Andy Hollinghurst, an artist, who campaigns for mental health organisations such as Time to Change, Mind and Mental Health First Aid England. Now, I am a’ Head Teacher,’ a teacher of heads, but fundamentally Andy an artist, check out...
Read MoreMaking use of Self-Help in Mental Health, By Jane McNeice
With reports of increasingly long waiting times for mental health services, and ensuring we also gain maximum benefit from therapeutic interventions when they are accessed, it becomes all the more important that we make use of complementary strategies such as ‘self-help’ for managing mental health and well-being. With current interest in social models of recovery, including social prescribing, there’s an increased readiness from professionals to advocate recovery models other than those...
Read MoreMental Health – Answering your Questions & Dispelling the Myths, By Jane McNeice
Question How many people does poor mental health affect? Answer About a quarter of the population will experience some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year, with mixed anxiety and depression the most common mental disorder in Britain. Mental Health Foundation (2015) at: www.mentalhealth.org.uk Question How many children have poor mental health? Answer Mental health problems affect about one in ten children and young people. They include depression, anxiety and conduct...
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