Equality in mental health: Christine’s story
Christine shares how she struggled to access mental health support in her 70s after struggling with a long-term physical condition
Type: Blog
Equality in mental health: Richard’s story
As a deaf person, Richard struggled to access effective mental health support for decades. Here, he shares his experience.
Type: Blog
Advancing Mental Health Equalities: no time to wait
Andy unpacks NHS England’s new strategy, with a reminder that tackling wider determinants will be critical to its overall success
Type: Blog
Commission for Equality in Mental Health: Briefing 3
Why do people with poorer mental health often get the least effective help?
Type: Publication
Punjabi communities, Covid-19 and mental health
Shuranjeet Singh explains how Taraki has looked beyond reductive labels to explore the pandemic’s impact on the mental health of Punjabi communities
Type: Blog
Commission for Equality in Mental Health: Briefing 2
Why are groups that face higher levels of poor mental health experiencing the greatest difficulty in accessing services?
Type: Publication
Covid-19: understanding inequalities in mental health during the pandemic
The pandemic risks further entrenching structural inequalities that were already affecting people’s mental health. Now is the time to act.
Type: Publication
Supporting mental health equality through the pandemic
How Centre for Mental Health is working during the coronavirus outbreak to make a difference
Type: News
Unsettling and unjust: mental health inequalities and coronavirus
Andy outlines how the impact of coronavirus, like mental illness, is being driven by inequality
Type: Blog
Not ‘just getting older’: mental health in later life
Meg Stapleton looks at the assumptions and realities about older people’s mental health
Type: Blog