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Hope in the Time of Psychosis: Jessica’s Story
14/05/2021
Jessica tells us about her diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder and shares her story of finding hope whilst experiencing bouts of psychosis.
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Chanté's story - Living with EUPD
11/05/2021
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD – also known as Borderline Personality Disorder) can affect how you cope with life, manage relationships, and feel emotionally. In this blog, 24-year-old Chanté talks about her experience of the condition and what steps she puts in place to help manage it.
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Social media is far from perfect, but it is not the major cause of poor mental health outcomes
07/05/2021
After an Oxford study found that there is minimal association between technology use and mental health issues, our Campaigns Officer, Kirsty Archer, went into more detail about what are some of the major causes of poor mental health outcomes.
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Alice's Story - "No one should be given up on"
22/04/2021
Alice is 44 and lives in Lancashire, with her cat. She has a close network of friends and speaks to them often. She also experiences schizoaffective disorder, which affects your mood and thoughts, and has symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This is Alice's story.
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Coronavirus: Advice for carers of those with severe mental illness
06/04/2021
If you are a carer for someone living with mental illness, coronavirus can cause a lot of complications. Here's our guidance.
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Hugely welcomed, but the NHS is still to do all the heavy lifting.
31/03/2021
Last weekend the government published its COVID-19 mental health and wellbeing recovery action plan. This document sets out the steps needed to prevent, mitigate and respond to the mental health impacts of the pandemic. This blog from our policy team takes an in-depth look at the plan and what this means for the NHS and for people using mental health services.
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Fifty years ago, our mission was born
This year we mark the 50th anniversary of a newspaper article that changed the way society talks about mental illness and led to the creation of Rethink Mental Illness. We caught up with our CEO Mark Winstanley to ask him about the changes we have seen and what challenges lie ahead.
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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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