Mental health charity Mind have launched a campaign which hopes to encourage individuals to go outdoors and boost their mental health. Back in 2009 the charity launched their Ecominds project which has been helping people with mental health concerns to get outdoors and become more active ever since. We know from research that those of read more »

Under a new Government initiative patients will be given a choice of mental health care and community NHS service providers. Critics of the new scheme have argued that the new move will take us another step closer to a privatised NHS, but Health Secretary Andrew Lansley believes that the schemes launch in April will mark read more »

Star of hit TV show ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and the musical ‘Calender Girls’, professional dancer Camillia Dallerup recently took time away from her work commitments to conduct mental health charity Mind’s Spring Raffle draw. Camilla went along to Veolia recycling and waste management’s Nottingham headquarters to show staff some of her best dance moves, after read more »

Leeds United are supporting mental health charity Mind in their new ‘Love Your Mind’ campaign which is to launch tomorrow. The campaign will see Mind tour the country with a double decker bus, spreading the word about the numerous mental health support initiatives which are available in local communities. The campaign has been launched as read more »

TV personality Stephen Fry has become the new president of mental health Charity Mind. Having suffered from bipolar disorder for a number of years, Fry’s first hand experiences of having a mental health disorder make him an excellent successor to the Mind’s previous president Lord Melvyn Bragg. Speaking of his new role Fry said: “I read more »

The 2011 Attitudes to Mental Illness survey has shown that general perception and outlook concerning mental health is beginning to change, though negative attitudes towards some conditions still exist. The survey, which was published by the NHS Information Centre, showed that of the 1,741 adults who were interviewed in 2011, 77 per cent agreed that read more »

Mental Health organisation Time to Change (led by mental health charities Mind and Rethink) are asking you to help them get the nation talking about mental health discrimination by volunteering at one of their 2011 roadshows. Throughout the summer of 2011 Time to Change will be travelling the width and breadth of the country, paying read more »

Research has revealed that individuals suffering from serious mental illnesses such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia can have a life expectancy significantly lower than the national average, reports BBC News. A london based study which tracked electronic medical records of over 30,000 patients found that many people were dying early from stroke, heart attack and read more »

Figures from the Department for Work and Pensions show that the ratio of incapacity benefit claims for mental illness to those for musculoskeletal disorders has more than doubled between 1997 and 2007. The number of claims for musculoskeletal disorders such as back pain fell by 50 per cent during the 11 year study period, dropping read more »

Action for Happiness is a new movement of individuals who have set their sights on building a happier society. Those who wish to support the movement by signing up to the website are required to set up action groups to promote happiness in their local communities. Only recently Prime Minister David Cameron announced that it read more »