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Stress - How to cope
Advice and information | 15 min read | Last updated: 22/03/2024
If you are finding it challenging to cope with life pressures, you might be experiencing stress. This section explains the common symptoms and causes of stress. It also looks at some of the ways you can try to reduce stress. This information is for adults affected by stress in England. It’s also for their loved ones and carers and anyone interested in this subject.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Advice and information | 23 min read | Last updated: 22/03/2024
This section has information about the symptoms and causes of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It explains who might develop PTSD and the treatment options. It is for anyone affected by trauma or PTSD and their family, friends and carers.
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Managing Stress in the Workplace
1 min read | Last updated: 20/06/2023
Managing stress in the workplace Every year over 11 million working days are lost due to stress in the UK. Our course aims to explore what stress is, how we can manage it and how we can support our colleagues in their day to day work. Who is it for?This session is for everyone. How long is the session?Can be between 45-90 minutes long depending on your...
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New parents, pregnancy, and mental health
Advice and information | 2 min read | Last updated: 21/11/2023
It’s normal to have periods of worry and stress when you are pregnant. But some women have feelings that do not go away. This can be a sign of something more serious. If you are a new parent, you might get ups and downs after the birth of your baby.
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Rethink Mental Illness comments on annual suicide statistics
1 min read | Last updated: 06/09/2022
The Office for National Statistics has published new data on the number of suicides registered in 2021. The data reveals that the suicide rate has remained largely consistent with pre-pandemic levels. Lourdes Colclough, Head of Suicide Prevention at Rethink Mental Illness, said: “We must remember that statistics can never truly reflect the mental anguish...
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East Bristol Meditation Group
Services and Groups | Last updated: 08/01/2024
We have been running free monthly guided meditation sessions at the Beehive Centre, however these are nor running at the moment, as of January 2024. Although we hope to have the group and running again in the future, we don’t have a date yet. Please check back here for future notices or email dominique.toyra@rethink.org. The sessions, run by Maurice, have been either Vedic Mantra or Grounding Meditation. Meditation can help to: Reduce stress, control anxiety, promote emotional health, enhance self-awareness, lengthen attention span, improve sleep, reduce age related memory loss, generate kindness, fight addictions, control pain and decrease blood pressure – as well as improve your general health and wellbeing! For more information on the Beehive centre please visit www.thebeehivebristol.co.uk
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Young people and psychosis: Our new research says they are unaware of warning signs despite being most at risk
3 min read | Last updated: 09/10/2023
Rethink Mental Illness' bid to raise awareness of psychosis among young people as they start university, often a time of stress and change which can trigger mental health problems. Psychosis affects 1 in 100 people and the first episode is most likely to happen aged 18-24 New research says that fewer than 1 in 5 (17%) young people would be confident...
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“Reaching out was the best thing I’ve ever done” – Patrick’s story
Last updated: 24/10/2023
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The Sharing Space
Services and Groups | Last updated: 06/12/2023
This peer support group is for family members or others affected by the serious mental illness of someone close to them. Those with a leading role in the group are all peer volunteers whose aim is to hold a safe space for people to come together in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Being outside together while working on and tending to an allotment can hopefully alleviate stress and there is also a shed where members can meet to create and share artwork, with the added bonus of a pleasant outside seating area. The group will signpost information where possible but mainly endeavour to offer a space where members can share experiences while doing something together, hence the name The Sharing Space. The use of the allotment for the group has been generously made possible by the committee of the Falmouth & District Allotment and Garden Society. Public toilets are a short walk away but there are none on site. There is provision for making hot drinks in the shed, but members should bring their own refreshments or packed lunch. Gardening gloves are also a good shout! Please email to find out directions and to ask further details – we are looking for members to come along on a regular basis and help keep the allotment ticking along – we look forward to seeing you soon!
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Rethink Mental Illness responds to the Chancellor's mini-budget
1 min read | Last updated: 23/09/2022
Mark Winstanley, Chief Executive, Rethink Mental Illness: "The Chancellor's statement today will have done little to alleviate the pressure that money worries are placing on people's mental health as we face a deepening cost of living crisis, with a harsh winter ahead. "The support promised to help meet the cost of their energy bills fails to counter...
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Statement on DWP sanctions and work-conditionality
1 min read | Last updated: 30/06/2020
The DWP announced on the 29th June 2020 that work conditionality will be returning from the 1st July. This means people claiming Universal Credit will have to prove they are looking for work again as the country begins to come out of a pandemic. Brian Dow, Deputy CEO of Rethink Mental Illness said, “The Department of Work and Pension’s decision to...
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Mental Health in the Workplace (for managers)
1 min read | Last updated: 23/10/2023
Mental health in the workplace for managers Designed and delivered by people with lived experience of mental illness, our mental health in the workplace training introduces employers and employees to the stigma and discrimination people living with mental illness face, as well as introducing a range of tools to support colleagues in their workplace...
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Rethink Mental Illness comments on Autumn Statement
2 min read | Last updated: 17/11/2022
Jeremy Bernhaut, Head of Policy and Influencing, Rethink Mental Illness said: “The nation’s mental health has been hit by the double blow of a global pandemic and a cost of living crisis, and more people than ever are turning to a system that often struggles to deliver the support they need. The Chancellor’s announcement of increased funding for the...
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Supporting Young South Asian People with Wellbeing
1 min read | Last updated: 20/06/2023
Chosen by young South Asian people, the suggested CBT techniques can be used to support you if these issues are having an impact on your wellbeing.
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