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12May

In Memory of Sally Brampton, author of Shoot the Damned Dog

Louise Chunn

depression, suicide, woman

Mind

Writer and agony aunt Sally Brampton took her own life this week. Louise Chunn, a friend for 30 years, looks back on a woman who unflinchingly shared her experience of depression in order to help others
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10May

The Maya Centre: Helping Women Break Cycles of Abuse and Violence

Alice McGurran

abuse, counselling, therapy, women

Mind

The Maya Centre has recently launched the My Voice project, where women share their stories of abuse, violence and neglect, and how therapy has helped them break the cycle
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29Apr

How I Turned my Anxiety into Creativity

Catherine Lepage

anxiety, books, creativity

Mind

Illustrator Catherine Lepage on how being creative and representing her anxiety in images helped alleviate her distress
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14Apr

Shelf-Help: Supporting Teenage Mental Health

Welldoing

books, children, school, teenagers

Mind

A new Reading Well scheme has been launched, this time focusing on supporting the mental health of young people
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31Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2016: Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism by Steve Silberman

Alice McGurran

autism, books, Wellcomebookprize

Mind

Steve Silberman's enlightened and compassionate history of autism has been shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2016
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23Mar

Now I Know What it Feels Like to Have Dementia

Dale Gibson

dementia, elderly, health

Mind

A care professional who works with people with dementia has the roles reversed on him, as he immerses himself in a dementia virtual reality tour
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22Mar

Wellcome Book Prize 2016: It's All in Your Head by Suzanne O'Sullivan

Suzanne O'Sullivan

book, health, Wellcomebookprize

Mind

An extract from Suzanne O'Sullivan's It's All in Your Head, a Wellcome Book Prize shortlisted book that brings together true stories of psychosomatic illness
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21Mar

​Here Comes the Sun: Mental Health Benefits of Spring

Dennis Relojo-Howell

health, self, wellbeing

Mind

Vitamin D, time outside, longer days: Dennis Relojo explores the many mental health benefits of spring
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17Mar

Are We Missing the Point when it Comes to Anorexia?

Terri Apter

children, eatingdisorders, parenting, society, women

Mind

Terri Apter reflects on the current, largely media-blaming, debate regarding anorexia, suggesting that we have more power than we realise to positively influence young people
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15Mar

What Joan Bakewell Didn't Know About Anorexia

Welldoing

eatingdisorders, society

Mind

The reporting of Baroness Bakewell's comments about anorexia led to a storm on social media. What was it all about, and what do the mental health experts think
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