Mental health awareness is the ongoing effort to reduce the stigma around mental illness and mental health conditions by sharing our personal experiences. Often, because of misconceptions about mental health and mental fitness, people often suffer in silence and their conditions go untreated.
Mental health is a positive concept related to the social and emotional wellbeing of individuals and communities. Having good mental health, or being mentally healthy, is more than just the absence of illness, rather it’s a state of overall wellbeing.
Mental Wellbeing refers to our sense of self and our ability to live our lives as close as possible to the way we want to; a flourishing mental wellbeing is associated with meeting our potential, developing strong relationships and doing things that we consider important and worthwhile.
Sadly, suicide is the biggest killer of people under the age of 35 in the UK* and figures from the Office of National Statistics showed an increase in suicide amongst unskilled construction workers in 2020 – a ten year high.
Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives warns post-Covid children’s mental health services are buckling under pressure and putting vulnerable young people at greater risk of…
Creative subjects have a vital role to play in helping tackle the mental health emergency that is impacting children and young people, the headteacher of…
With suicide being the biggest killer of under 35s[2] in the UK and following a series of high-profile student suicides during the pandemic, the mental…
Students often apply for university with the expectation that it will be the greatest time of their life. While it is true that university offers…
#traumainformed – We have all been impacted by the effects of COVID-19, some much worse than others. Whether it was the loss of a loved…
This week, the Education Minister, Jeremy Miles, visited Coleg Llandrillo to discuss the important work they are undertaking to support staff and learners’ mental health.…
South Lanarkshire College recently celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week within its college community. Mental Health Awareness week, which is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation,…
Over 80% of people are currently unaware or do not know if they have an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) at work. The 2,000-person survey conducted…
Music Performance and Production students at City of Oxford College cranked up the volume to take part in a pop-up gig on campus to mark…
This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week – promoted by the Mental Health Foundation – comes at a time when the world is getting back to…
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