Our media team work with print, broadcast and online journalists across England. We can provide comment on a range of issues relating to severe mental illness and also have a bank of case studies. Our specialist areas are schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, severe depression and personality disorder. We do not cover eating disorders.
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A father-of-two from Wraxall and a ten-strong team will cycle 1,800 miles next month (starting 16 June) for the national charity Rethink Mental Illness. The ten men and one woman will cycle over 100 miles a day in scorching temperatures. They’ll also climb some of Europe’s highest peaks, including the Col De Pailheres in the French Pyrenees, which stands at 6,565 feet.
Response to the British Psychological Society's statement that it is unhelpful to see mental health problems as illnesses with biological causes
The national charity Rethink Mental Illness will run a free course for carers of people with mental illness next month in Chippenham, Wiltshire. The course is designed to give family members a better understanding of mental illness, the law and the mental health system and also advise them on how to look after their own health.
A father-of-two from Colchester will join a ten-strong team which is cycling 1,800 miles next month (starting 16 June) for the national charity Rethink Mental Illness. Matthew Hynes, 43, is keen to raise awareness of mental illnesses.
Chris White MP has teamed up with the national charity Rethink Mental Illness to launch a campaign to raise awareness of the physical health needs of people with a mental illness.
People with experience of severe mental illness, their families and health professionals will gather in Leeds next month to discuss the benefits of talking therapies.
“Having mental illness for most of my life has been a struggle. But since I started going to Rethink Mental Illness’ art group in last year I have had a lot of support and made good friends. This is my way of saying ‘thank you’ to the staff at the charity and to raise awareness of mental health."
The national charity Rethink Mental Illness will run a free course for carers of people with mental illness next month (4th June) in Welwyn Garden City. The course is designed to give carers a better understanding of mental illness, the law and the mental health system and also advise them on how to look after their own health.
A father-of-two from Welwyn Garden City and his ten-strong team will cycle 1,800 miles next month (starting 16 June) for the national charity Rethink Mental Illness. Ben, who has a brother with schizophrenia, says: “We want to raise awareness of the difficulties people with a mental illness can face and raise funds to enable a greater level of support."