Topic: Trauma

Advancing change for Black maternal mental health: progress and thoughts so far

This Black Maternal Mental Health Week, Sandra Igwe reflects on the progress made towards better supporting the mental health of Black mothers and outlines the changes that still need to be made.

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Talking trauma: trying to be heard over toxic trauma rhetoric

Callum Young explains how unhelpful the way we talk about trauma as a society is, and outlines how we can foster more constructive conversations about trauma.

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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.

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Creating safer, more inclusive services: towards trauma-informed practice

Georgina Beadon Ekers and Kerry Mayers explain how their mental health trust creates safe and empowering services for people living with trauma.

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We will all go through grief at some point – so why are we so bad at talking about it?

Nick explains how losing his mum at a young age affected his mental health, and calls for a cultural shift towards speaking more openly about bereavement

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Growing stronger together

Growing stronger together interrogates the chief causes of behavioural problems, like poverty and financial strain and examines the factors that can contribute to healthy social development.

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Podcast: The intergenerational impacts of racism

Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s Associate Director for Policy, Kadra Abdinasir, to discuss the way racial trauma affects multiple generations of a family.

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Briefing 62: A constant battle

A Constant Battle investigates how experiences of racism towards both parents and children affect their mental health and parent-child interactions

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Working towards restoration and justice for victims of child sexual abuse

Kadra reflects on the Government’s response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, and the vital work still needed to build a society where children are protected and free from harm

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Out of sight

Girls in the Children and Young People’s Secure Estate

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