Mental health stigma stops young people asking for support, survey shows

Stigma is preventing young people from opening up about mental health issues, a youth charity has said.

Mental health stigma stops young people asking for support, survey shows

Stigma is preventing young people from opening up about mental health issues, a youth charity has said.

Manchester movie-makers producing short film to combat stigma of men’s mental health issues

Two Manchester movie-makers are producing a short film based arou nd the stigma of mental health.

Manchester movie-makers producing short film to combat stigma of men’s mental health issues

Two Manchester movie-makers are producing a short film based around the stigma of mental health.

‘Mental health is as important as physical health’: Manchester ‘yogi-preneur’ backs Time To Talk campaign

‘Mental health is as important as physical health’: Manchester ‘yogi-preneur’ backs Time To Talk campaign

A Manchester journalist-turned-yoga teacher has revealed how she used yoga to help her combat mental health issues – and she hopes others will join her.

Mental Health – STOP treating it like a taboo.

Why is there so much stigma attached to mental health? It's time to treat mental health sufferers like normal human beings.

Mental Health – STOP treating it like a taboo.

BY: GEORGIA ELIZABETH WILLIAM “Watch out! The killer Bipolar zombie is back at work” said no one, ever. But, how come you feel you can’t talk to Mary, who’s back to work after a long battle with depression?  Imagine. You trip whilst playing a sport, breaking a leg that was already pretty tender. You blatantly can’t […]

Doctors are afraid to speak out about their mental health problems and it is putting them and their patients at risk

Mental health problems are investigated under the same procedures as misconduct and poor performance, and any subsequent fitness to practice processes are required to be declared on application forms for jobs

Doctors are afraid to speak out about their mental health problems and it is putting them and their patients at risk

BY: Nima Ghadiri Between 2005 and 2013 there have been 28 reported cases of suicides of doctors who had previously been the subject of GMC investigations Carl Court/Getty Images   Doctors are no different to the rest of the population in terms of their susceptibility to mental health problems, however in the NHS, a culture exists […]