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Coronavirus: the consequences for mental health: the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people with mental health problems across England and Wales
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 33
- Place of publication:
- London
This research explores the experiences of people with mental health problems during the pandemic, based on data from two surveys – one with adults (aged 25+) and one with young people (aged 13-24) living in England and Wales. Eighty-five per cent of adults and ninety-one per cent of young people answering our survey have experienced mental distress or accessed mental health services. Most of those without lived experience care for someone with a mental health problem. The report finds that: people who struggled before now struggle more – they report an increase in the severity of challenges they are facing now and concerns about the future, and urgently need tailored support; nearly half of those who took part in our survey thought their mental health would improve once restrictions eased – however, people are most worried about the transition to seeing and being near others; coronavirus has heightened inequality – people receiving benefits have been hit particularly hard and are experiencing increasingly severe and complex problems; young people who struggle with their mental health were more likely to be using negative coping strategies, like self-harm, than adults; people urgently need more support – there is an urgent need for investment in high quality trauma-informed support and much more work needs to be done to ensure support is available for young people, racialised communities, and those in poverty. (Edited publisher abstract)
The mental health emergency: how has the coronavirus pandemic impacted our mental health?
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out findings of a survey to understand the experiences of people with pre-existing mental health problems during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the challenges that they are facing, the coping strategies that they are using, and the support they would like to receive. The report highlights how pre-existing inequalities have been worsened by the pandemic with some groups being more likely to report that their mental health has declined, including women, people with disabilities, those living in social housing, people with eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, or personality disorders, and frontline workers. Whilst the research did not find a significant difference in the overall rate of decline in mental health for people from BAME communities in comparison to White people, they did report that their mental health got worse. Key learnings set out in this report include: more than half of adults and over two thirds of young people said that their mental health has gotten worse during the period of lockdown restrictions, from early April to mid-May; restrictions on seeing people, being able to go outside and worries about the health of family and friends are the key factors driving poor mental health; feelings of loneliness have made nearly two thirds of people’s mental health worse during the past month; many people do not feel entitled to seek help, and have difficulty accessing it when they do; a quarter of adults and young people who tried to access support were unable to do so - not feeling comfortable using phone/video call technology has been one of the main barriers to accessing support. (Edited publisher abstract)
We still need to talk: a report on access to talking therapies
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 40
- Place of publication:
- London
The Health and Social Care Act 2012 puts mental health on a par with physical health; and the current Mandate to NHS England requires NHS England to achieve parity of esteem between mental and physical health. The We Need to Talk coalition calls for the NHS in England to offer a full range of evidence based psychological therapies to all who need them within 28 days of requesting a referral, even sooner when someone is in need of urgent access when n a mental health crisis. This report outlines why psychological therapies are important and cost-effective. It presents findings of a survey of more than 1600 people with mental health problems who have used psychological therapies, also two focus groups of 10 participants from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. Among findings are that more than half have been waiting 3 months or more for treatment; 58% were not offered choice in the type of therapies they received; and only one in ten felt that their cultural needs were taken into account by the services they were offered. It includes case studies of the role of local voluntary organisations in service provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving mental health support for refugee communities: an advocacy approach
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Refugee and asylum-seeker mental health advocacy project was developed to build a better understanding of the mental health concerns of refugees and asylum-seekers in England and to use these data to improve their ability to find pathways to appropriate mental health support. The core approach was to work with advocates from refugee community organisations to develop a robust form of mental health advocacy. This form of advocacy includes not only focused support for individuals, but also advocacy for the community as a whole. In the community function the aim was to create a dialogue with the community on issues of mental health (including stigma) and to engage with primary care trusts and other provider agencies to develop community-focused services. In this report, Mind worked with Refugee Community Organisations (RCOs) to examine the role they play in refugee and asylum seeker mental health and found that PCTs and Local Authorities need to do more to improve their engagement with RCOs and develop more culturally appropriate services.