Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 29, 2022

In my long and unavoidable experience with mental illnesses, I at first felt hopeful. I was entrusted to a mental hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont at age fifteen. If not, because of lack of help, then it was the financial aspect of treating mental illness. I just don’t understand why mental health is seemingly less important.

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Nnatasha Tracy

MAY 12, 2022

We're pleased to speak with Daisy Abbot of workplace mental health platform company Unmind. Daisy will talk about how mental illness needs to be a part of the conversation when it comes to workplace mental health. We will also be talking about how those with mental illness are an untapped wealth of strength for companies.

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Famcare

JUNE 29, 2023

Mental health issues have been identified in more than 50 million Americans. The most prevalent mental ailment among Americans is depression, but they also have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Reductions in Mental Health Act (MHA) detention numbers are masking increased demand for approved mental health professionals’ (AMHPs) services and unmet need for care. That was the warning from the AMHP Leads Network after official data showed that MHA detention numbers in England fell by 7.7% drop the year before.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 4, 2024

Early on in this blog’s history, I wrote about my rejection of New Year’s resolutions and the pressure they put on us. This year, I’d like to take the focus off me and put it back on mental health. There are many ways we can try to grow in the new year, but how can we do it with our mental health?

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Society of Clinical Psychology

MARCH 31, 2017

Do Beliefs About Biology Matter for Mental Health? by Kate MacDuffie and Tim Strauman about their newly published article in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. Imagine that you have just visited a mental health professional and received a diagnosis of depression. Would it speed your recovery, or slow it down?

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In her time there, she has been instrumental in minimising long-term detentions of people with learning disabilities under the Mental Health Act 1983. Can you tell me about your work with Promote the Vote? Questions had been asked when some family members were children about why they were a particular way. Some of it is family.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Fast-track programme Think Ahead will train 320 more mental health social workers after the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) extended its contract up to 2027. As of last year, Think Ahead participants, qualified and unqualified, represented 3% of the NHS mental health social work workforce and 1% of local authority practitioners.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 30, 2023

As we reach the end of Mental Health Awareness Month , I’d like to reflect a little bit. I often reflect on the state of mental health; I try to figure out how we, as a society, view mental health and wellness. In the year since the last Mental Health Awareness Month, have we improved things?

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Labour Party has pledged to reform the Mental Health Act 1983 if elected to power at the next general election. Prisons and police cells are no place for people with mental ill-health.” Very welcome announcement from @wesstreeting on mental health act reform. ” .” ”

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My Brains Not Broken

APRIL 17, 2024

I know we all have good days and bad ones, but I’m talking about something different. But it is the lead-in to an important question that, in my opinion, we don’t ask ourselves enough when considering our mental health. I thought that self-care revolved around a lot of the buzz words and activities we hear about today.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 2, 2023

May is a special one on My Brain’s Not Broken – it’s Mental Health Awareness Month! Since 1949, May has been Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States. This is a month dedicated to sharing stories and resources to raise mental health awareness. You are more than enough. I am more than enough.

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My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 14, 2023

I’ve written about it before; in fact, I tried to break it down in a blog post last year. But as much as I’ve learned about how self-stigma exists in the world, I’m a whole different story. I have so much more to learn about how self-stigma exists within myself. But actually, it goes much deeper than that.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The strikes in England have mostly involved adults’ and mental health practitioners protesting against staffing issues and pay disparities with their children’s counterparts. Social workers have spoken out about feeling ignored and undervalued by employers. Do you have a experience or opinion to share or write about?

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My Brains Not Broken

JUNE 13, 2023

For the past few years, I’ve researched data and statistics surrounding mental health in the LGBTQIA+ community during Pride Month. I think it’s important to understand what mental health challenges exist for unique communities and groups of people, and these statistics help paint that picture. Here are a few examples. adults is 55.6%

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My Brains Not Broken

MARCH 13, 2024

Maybe that sounds like I haven’t learned much about depression, but I’d disagree. For me, there’s a difference between learning about depression and learning about how to deal with my own depression — and that’s what I’d like to talk about today. I’d love to hear from you on this topic!

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 5, 2022

May means one thing on My Brain’s Not Broken – it’s time to talk about mental health awareness ! May is Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, which means it’s a time where there is added emphasis on how we talk about mental health in this country.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 24, 2024

I often write about how challenging the wintertime can be for our mental health, and it happens every year. But despite feeling this way, I don’t think I’ve been going about it the right way. Looking inward, I thought about why I rest. It improves my health (physical, mental, emotional, etc.);

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My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

I was writing a post a few weeks ago when I ended up using a term I rarely think about: self-stigma. That’s why I decided to do a little research to learn about self-stigma, how it shows up in our lives and how we can deal with it. Self-stigma is one of the less talked about ways that the mental health stigma is circulated.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 25, 2023

It could be a song I don’t know much about, or I’ve listened to a thousand times. Regardless of the reason, these songs have inspired me and my mental health, and I want to share them with you. Whether you’ve heard of them or not, I hope these songs give you more insight into my world and my approach to mental health.

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Community Care

JULY 26, 2023

Police forces across England will, in future, stop attending mental health-related incidents unless there is a significant risk to safety or a crime being committed, and refer cases to health or social care services instead. But forces will set an expectation for officers to be able to hand over people removed to a hospital within one hour.

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My Brains Not Broken

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Sometimes I get a little too involved with keeping up with My Brain’s Not Broken, and I forget about how much I’ve been able to accomplish on this blog. I feel like there’s always something new to write about or say when it comes to anxiety, depression and mental health in general. More Than You Think.

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 31, 2022

Every year when I reach the end of Mental Health Awareness Month , I try to reflect. I reflect on mental health in the state of my community, my city and my country, and I wonder if anything has happened this month that could lead to substantial change. This year, I have to say I’m a little discouraged. So, what can we do?

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 4, 2023

Every year during Mental Health Awareness Month , I find statistics and data that help show the state of mental health in the United States. Mental illness and mental health challenges are extremely prevalent in today’s world, and diving into the data is one of the clearest ways to show that. million individuals.

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Whether it’s for work or fun, I’m in a near-constant state of thought, lost in my head about my choices. But in all this thinking, I forget that I don’t always have control over what impacts my mental health, which is what I’d like to talk about today.

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The Masked AMHP

JUNE 28, 2021

Peggy Copeman died in a private ambulance on the hard shoulder of the M11 on the 16th December 2019, while being transferred between hospitals while detained under the Mental Health Act. This is a special post looking at the implications of the Peggy Copeman Inquest, which concluded on Friday, 25th June 2021. This is what happened.

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My Brains Not Broken

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the years, I’ve learned a number of words, phrases and definitions that have helped me understand my own mental health. Some of these are connected to mental illness or medicine, while others are connected to mental wellness. What Can We Do About It? What is a Thought Spiral?

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My Brains Not Broken

MAY 3, 2022

The month of May means one thing on My Brain’s Not Broken – it’s Mental Health Awareness Month! This is a time every year (held each May in the United States) where time and space is reserved to raise awareness for mental health. Together For Mental Health. National Alliance on Mental Illness.

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My Brains Not Broken

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Let’s be honest: talking about mental health is hard. Oftentimes, conversations about mental health can be overwhelming, and we can’t always find the solutions we need because of it. While talking about mental health and mental illness is hard, talking about our own mental health is even harder.

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Community Care

MARCH 10, 2024

The news prompted warnings from the Social Workers Union about the mental toll on practitioners of being subject to lengthy FTP processes. About Social Work England’s budget In 2022-23, Social Work England: Spent £23.94m in revenue expenditure. These payments were worth £1.9m in 2021-22, £5.5m in 2022-23 – £1.2m

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

Gentle parenting simplified, is about the parent being mindful of their own disposition in the management of parenting. It’s about the parent’s capacity for appropriate self-regulation. “I know little none, it’s something you would much rather not do, however, you still have to.”

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My Brains Not Broken

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Over the years I’ve started to learn more about myself and my mental health which has made things a little easier, but I still feel like I’m fighting an uphill battle. My mental health feels like it’s at it’s lowest point, and there’s nothing I can do about it. Onward to March!

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My Brains Not Broken

JULY 19, 2022

today I wanted to write about how that makes me feel because here’s a secret: part of the reason I feel stagnant is because in many ways, my mental health is improving. When I talk about my own mental health, one of the words I use most is the word stagnant. Everyone feels stagnate at different points in our lives.

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Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 21, 2024

Don’t argue about this, but be clear and well documented. Neither badmouth or tell false stories about the coparent still loving the kids or having important things to do. Always have a contingency plan for when the coparent is a no show. Make it clear you will only wait an hour before invoking your own plans, no longer waiting.

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Community Care

MARCH 15, 2024

Meanwhile, a Scottish Association of Social Work survey on students’ PLO experience has found that the lack of statutory practice learning opportunities (PLOs) is undermining students’ mental health and confidence. “Thus, there are no CPD requirements or other regulatory processes in place,” said the study.

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Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 9, 2024

For about 27 years, that word, carved in wood has remained front and centre in my life. We all need a poke about something. Check out all my services and then call me if you need help with a personal issue, mental health concern, child behavior or relationship, divorce or separation issue or even help growing your practice.

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My Brains Not Broken

APRIL 14, 2022

I’ve gone from being skeptical about it to going twice a week and everywhere in between. And now that I’m noticing some things about myself and how mental health affects my life, I’m facing a new challenge. But now that I’m self-aware about these these things, how can I use this information to improve?

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