Podcast: Chris Frederick
Expert by Experience Chris Frederick explains how experiencing poor mental health and suicidality has fuelled his work to support better mental health in Black communities
Type: Blog
Podcast: Penny East
Penny East, External Relations Director at Think Ahead, sits down with Thea to talk about the role of social workers in providing mental health support and how that often tends to be overlooked, both in policy and in public awareness.
Type: Blog
Podcast: Kadra Abdinasir
Kadra Abdinasir, the Centre’s Associate Director of Policy, sits down with Thea to unpack the first few weeks of the new Government and what the policy announcements so far mean for mental health.
Type: Blog
Podcast: Venus Madden
Venus Madden tells us about her experiences of miscarriage and postnatal depression, as well as the impact of moving to the UK from Hong Kong as a teenager.
Type: Blog
Podcast: Thahmina Begum
Leeds-based artist and art psychotherapist, Thahmina Begum talks about how she uses art to help communities process racial and intergenerational trauma.
Type: Blog
Podcast: What’s driving the backlash against mental health awareness?
Andy Bell describes the distinction between mental health awareness and literacy, and why narratives that minimise people’s mental health struggles can be so harmful.
Type: Blog
Podcast: Frederico Cardoso
The Centre’s Senior Economist, Frederico Cardoso, discusses a major new report that has broken new ground in assessing the social and economic costs of mental ill health.
Type: Blog
Podcast: David Woodhead
David Woodhead shares how his experiences as a gay man have affected his mental health, for good and ill, and about his journey from addiction to recovery.
Type: Blog
Podcast: Claudia Turbet-Delof
Claudia Turbet-Delof, a local councillor in Hackney and human rights campaigner shares her experience of growing up in poverty in Bolivia, moving to the UK and facing depression and racism.
Type: Blog
Podcast: Andrew Kaye Kauffmann
Writer in Residence, Andrew K Kauffmann and Thea Joshi sit down to discuss the realities of living with OCD, from the initial diagnosis to the present day.
Type: Blog