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Mental Health Foundation blog
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Place of publication:
- London
Staff from the Mental Health Foundation post to this blog on matters relating to mental health and learning disabilities. It covers breaking news stories, government policies or new research.
All the lonely people
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 52
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores what it's like to be lonely: its causes, consequences and the groups of people who are more likely to experience severe and enduring loneliness. It looks at the strong links between loneliness and mental health. The report shares the stories of nine individuals who often or always feel lonely. It considers the circumstances, situations and life events that can increase our risk of loneliness. It also sets out new findings around the public's understanding of loneliness and who it affects and shares some of the ways people cope with loneliness day-to-day. It explains why we need to address practical, structural and psychological barriers to connection if we want to reduce the burden of loneliness and prevent its impacts on mental health. The report finds that, while anyone can experience loneliness, certain risk factors increase the chances of severe and lasting loneliness that can affect one's mental health. These include: being widowed; being single; being unemployed; living alone; having a long-term health condition or disability; living in rented accommodation; being between 16 and 24 years old; being a carer; being from an ethnic minority community; being LGBTQ+. (Edited publisher abstract)
The truth about self-harm for young people and their friends and families
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 35
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet provides accessible information and advice on self-harm. Self-harm describes any behaviour where someone causes harm to themselves, usually as a way to help cope with difficult or distressing thoughts and feelings. It most frequently takes the form of cutting, burning or nonlethal overdoses. However, it can also be any behaviour that causes injury – no matter how minor, or high-risk behaviours. This resource explains how to get help, the recovery process, how to keep safe, and what to do, and look out for, if worried that someone may be self-harming. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Northern Ireland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics of mental health in Northern Ireland. Brief facts and statistics cover: costs and expenditure of mental health care; mental health problems across the life course; mental health of minority groups, including Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community and Black and minority ethnic groups; suicide and self-harm; and the social determinants of mental health, including poverty an employment. The document also identifies key areas of data on mental health that are missing, specifically relating to Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Scotland: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 22
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics on mental health in Scotland, covering mental health across the lifespan. Facts and statistics cover: wellbeing, depression and anxiety, suicide, the relationship of social inequalities to mental health, services use and provision, and the cost of mental health care and treatment. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health in Wales: fundamental facts 2016
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
An overview of key facts and statistics of mental health in Wales. Areas covered include: prenatal and postnatal mental health services; child and adolescent mental health; mental health in the prison population; carers; self-harm; suicide; and the impact of poverty on mental health. The document also identifies key areas of data on mental health that are missing, specifically relating to Wales. (Edited publisher abstract)
Fundamental facts about mental health 2015
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 93
- Place of publication:
- London
A comprehensive summary of mental health research, providing a handbook of key facts and figures, covering all key areas of mental health. The document shows that in the UK mental health problems are responsible for the largest burden of disease – 28 per cent of the total burden, while mental health research receives only 5.5 per cent (£115 million) of total UK health research spending. One in four people experience a mental health problem in any given year and ten per cent of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem. Common mental health problems such as depression and anxiety are distributed according to a gradient of economic disadvantage across society with the poorer and more disadvantaged disproportionately affected from common mental health problems and their adverse consequences. (Edited publisher abstract)
Doing good does you good: a pocket guide to helping others
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Evidence shows that helping others can have a positive effect on your own mental health and wellbeing. For example, it can reduce stress as well as improve mood, self-esteem and happiness. This pocket guide has been produced in order to make people aware of the positive impact that helping others can have on their own mental health, and to provide tips and suggestions to help them get started. It also includes a diary which people can use to keep note of the good deeds they have done, or that others have done to them, and how that made them feel. Carrying out good deeds doesn’t need to take a lot of time or even cost money. This booklet provides some ideas and tips, specifically considering the areas of: volunteering; mentoring; doing something for a good cause; and random acts of kindness.
Talking therapies explained
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Talking therapies can help people to work out how to deal with negative thoughts and feelings and to make positive changes. They can help people who are feeling distressed by difficult events in their lives as well as people with a mental health problem. This booklet is aimed at anyone who wants to know more about different types of talking therapies, also referred to as counselling, psychological treatments, and psychotherapies. The booklet explains more about talking therapies and includes the experiences of people who have used them. It also advises how to find and choose a therapist, and where to look for more information.
Whatever life brings: understanding your child's mental health
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 19p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This booklet from the Mental Health Foundation outlines for parents and carers the things that keep children and young people in good mental health and suggests what can help when children are troubled. It describes the mental health problems that can affect children and young people and outlines the help that is available. The booklet generally refers to children when they are aged 5 to 11 and young people when they are aged 12 to 18. Much of the information applies to any young person up to age 18. It also gives a list of organisations which can provide further information and advice.