Tag: Lived experience

Remembering the 1 in 4

“We are your mothers, your brothers, your sisters and your sons. We are everywhere. We are the 1 in 4.”

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Standing on their shoulders: supporting the mental health of the Stonewall generation, 50 years on

David Woodhead reflects on how we can support the mental health of older LGBT+ people

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Living with bipolar 1 disorder: Eleanor’s story

Eleanor reflects on her diagnosis as a teenager and what has helped her to manage her mental health

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Mental health in fashion

Natasha Vinnikova reflects on the impact of working in a pressured freelance fashion environment on her mental health

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Best time of your life? Managing mental health at university

Thea looks back on her experience of university whilst navigating recovery

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Speaking from experience: shaping the Mental Health Act Review

Dr Sarah Markham shares her experience of being on the Service User and Carer Group of the Mental Health Act Review

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Action not words: Why mental health care needs to change

In a hard-hitting personal account, one writer argues that change in mental health will require more than just talk

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Speak up: My experience of mental health nursing

Chief Executive Sarah Hughes wrote for #MHNursingFuture about the impact of a mental health nurse on her recovery from postnatal depression

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What a mental health nurse did for me

Hope looks back at her time battling anorexia and the vital role of the NHS in her recovery

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Wearing the invisible scars of life

Hope Virgo on Calais refugees and their mental wellbeing

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