Mental health news

The Mental Health Policy Group is pleased to present the following Consensus Statement with partner organisations committed to improving the lives of people with mental health problems. Together we represent providers, professionals, the voluntary and community sector and hundreds…

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Mental Health Concern has led on developing the Newcastle/Gateshead Linkwork Collaborative, which has been awarded over £490,000 over three years via the government’s Health and Wellbeing Fund (HWF). The Newcastle/Gateshead Linkwork Collaborative brings together the existing linkwork and social prescribing…

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Mental Health Concern (MHC) welcomes the ‘This could cost lives’ report from Rethink Mental Illness, which highlights the potential negative impact that the future funding of supported housing…

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This week we are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week — another great opportunity to talk about our mental health with family, friends, and colleagues! This year’s theme is ‘Stress: are we coping’? Stress is a feeling we can all identify…

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This article was written for World Mental Health Day by Richard Carlton-Crabtree, Director of Services for our sister organisation, Insight Healthcare. It originally appeared in The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/world-mental-health-day-wellbeing-modern-life-technology-anxiety-depression-illness-stress-a7990296.html Today is World Mental Health Day, and this year is…

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Today is World Mental Health Day! This year’s theme is ‘mental health in the workplace’. Work can be fulfilling and satisfying, but it can also make us feel stressed or low. We have chosen to highlight the Five Ways to Wellbeing in…

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At Concern Group we are celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week (8-14 May)! This year’s theme is ‘Surviving or thriving?’ This is something we think a lot about across the Group, as our mission is to improve the mental health and…

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Today’s analysis of a lifelong study of almost 10,000 people across the UK shows that people who were in the Scouts or Guides in childhood have better mental health in later life. Scott Vigurs, our Director of Services, commented:

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Happy World Mental Health Day! The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is psychological first aid for all. Psychological first aid (PFA) describes a humane, supportive response to someone who is suffering and may…

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Today, the BBC reported that one in three female students in the UK has a mental health problem. This compared with around a fifth of male undergraduates, according to a YouGov survey of 1,061 students. Overall, 27% of…

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