The amount of time I seem to "invest" in reading random articles, blog posts and social media pieces on mental health can sometimes get a little out of hand! In a bid to justify this to myself somehow, I thought I'd try doing a regular drop-and-share of links that have caught my attention.
Here goes Round 1:
Here goes Round 1:
- SAMH have a new website, including a well-being self-assessment tool.
- This article documents the appalling findings that young people in the U.K have the poorest mental health in the world (besides Japan).
- Mandy Stevens bravely and openly describes the experience of going 'From NHS Director to Mental Health Inpatient in Ten Days' - proof that it really can happen to anyone.
- Christian organisation Oasis have raised concerns that the Church's attitude to homosexuality is "driving gay people to suicide."
- These 'Confessions of a Self-Harming Adult' challenge some of the stereotypes surrounding the still-taboo subject.
- On the same theme, researchers have once again raised the controversial idea of permitting some mental health patients to self-harm.
- A contributor on 'The Mighty' has been discussing what it's like to be 'Too Functional to Have Your Mental Illness Taken Seriously'.
- This piece, meanwhile, looks at 'Testimonial Injustice and Borderline Personality Disorder' - a diagnosis that might result in a person's experience of trauma being less believed.
- This snakes and ladders board - illustrating what might help or hinder recovery - made me laugh.
- Mental health survivors and supporters group Recovery In the Bin challenge prevailing mental health models and the ideals often imposed on service users with their brilliantly tongue-in-cheek pieces, including 'A Simple Guide to Avoid Receiving a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder' and a 'Handy Guide for Crisis Team Workers'.
- Next week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week and B-Eat are focussing in on the importance of early intervention.
- The next Mental Health Movie Monthly event takes place at RGU this Monday (27th) with a showing of 'The Babadook' and anyone with an interest in mental health is welcome to go along.
xo
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