Kevin Jarman, the Joint Unit for Work and Health’s Lead on the Employment Advisors in IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) programme, spoke at our staff conference about the project’s progress so far. Read more
David Powell, gave a fascinating keynote presentation at our Annual Staff Conference on military mental health and the 'TILS'. Read more
Stephanie works as a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner for the North Staffordshire Wellbeing Service. She told us about a typical day in her work providing cognitive behavioural therapy for common mental health problems. Read more
On Saturday some of the volunteers from our ‘Being Active Matters’ project in Northumberland were up bright and early to help out at the first Wooler Wheel cycling event of the year. Read more
May is National Walking Month, an annual celebration of walking that’s led by the charity Living Streets. Walking, like other physical activities, releases endorphins which improve mood and reduce stress and anxiety. Read more
Make Your Move is a specialist employment support service provided by MHM. Read on to find out what they do, and how they supported client James* to get back into work. Read more
Over the past month, 39 MHM staff members from across the country have been attending Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST). Nicola, who attended one of the two-day workshops, told us a bit more about what the training involves and what she thought of it. Read more
To celebrate World Health Day, we take a look at what the 'Five Ways to Wellbeing' are and how they might help to improve your mental health. Read more
According to the Mental Health Foundation 74% of UK adults have felt so stressed at some point over the last year they felt overwhelmed or unable to cope. Andrea Rutherford, MHM's Learning & Development Officer has provided information on identifying and reducing stress. Read more
30th March 2019 is World Bipolar Day. Bipolar is a serious illness thought to be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain which causes severe mood swings. Read more
The Easington Floating Support service started their first Road to Recovery course in January 2019. The 11 week programme is aimed at people with a mental health need who want to socialise and make new friends, improve their confidence and self esteem. Read more
To celebrate World Poetry Day, three MHM staff have kindly shared poems they have written about their own experiences with mental health problems Read more