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Coronavirus and clozapine
02/04/2020
Find out what impact coronavirus has for the people who are taking clozapine.
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Covid 19: Advice for people severely affected by mental illness & carers
31/03/2020
Living with severe mental illness during a pandemic can bring up a lot of problems. This information tries to help you ease or overcome some of these problems.
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Covid-19: Your questions answered
30/03/2020
You ask, we answer. Members of our advice team tackle crucial questions surrounding Covid-19 and mental illness.
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Coronavirus Act 2020: everything you need to know
26/03/2020
Emergency legislation known as the Coronavirus Act 2020 has been introduced by the government to help the country cope with the demands caused by the coronavirus outbreak. We explain how the legislation may affect people living with severe mental illness.
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Social care and coronavirus – temporary changes to the law
26/03/2020
Our Rethink Advice and Information Service have looked at how the Coronavirus Act 2020 emergency legislation may affect people living with severe mental illness and their carers.
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Five ways to get moving around the house
24/03/2020
After the government's decision to enforce tight restrictions on when we can leave the house, people across the country are getting used to the fact that they will be spending a vast majority of their time at home for the coming weeks. Mowing the lawn, indoor sock golf and lots more! There are plenty of ways to exercise without leaving the house.
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Top moments of 2019 in Rethink Mental Illness' Services
Our services help keep people living with mental illness safe and well in the community and prevent their needs from escalating. We also help them to live independently, access the information, support and care they are entitled to, and understand and exercise their rights. We asked our colleagues in services, who work day-in-day-out to improve the lives of people affected by mental illness, for their highlights of the year.
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“I was lucky, many are not.” – Simon on surviving suicide
Simon Gray shares his first-hand experience of suicide and the collective responsibility and role we can have in preventing it
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Telling your partner you live with a mental illness
If you meet someone, when is the right time to disclose your illness? We asked mental health campaigner Ellie about when she first tackles that tricky conversation.
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Today marks one year since I last self-harmed
Our great friend and all-round great guy, Carl Burkitt, tells us about his experience of self-harm and how he learned to treat himself with compassion and understanding.
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Being sectioned at 18: Degrading and life-saving
What were you doing when you were 17 about to turn 18? Partying? Smoking and drinking? Working? Starting a family? Looking round university? Gap year? I was sectioned under the mental health act.
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