Student Minds Petition

Today, 49% of young people (17 to 30) enter higher education. According to the National Union of Students, 20% of these individuals are experiencing a mental health problem. That’s a lot of students.

Students need support between home and university to be joined up. Without careful planning, students who have only recently been discharged from a service move to university and do not have access to support for the crucial first months at university. Early and continuous support is the best way to ensure that a student’s condition does not deteriorate, which might otherwise require them to drop out of university.

Sign the petition to ensure all UK students have access to consistent care pathways catering to their needs.

http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/doh-address-the-gap-in-student-mental-health-support?utm_source=Student+Minds&utm_campaign=62aa529a9a-Win+for+Student+Mental+Health!&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_30936ac40b-62aa529a9a-63879009

An inspiring video on managing voice hearing

This is a very moving video of a student's experience with schizophrenia and recovery.

"To all appearances, Eleanor Longden was just like every other student, heading to college full of promise and without a care in the world. That was until the voices in her head started talking. Initially innocuous, these internal narrators became increasingly antagonistic and dictatorial, turning her life into a living nightmare. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, hospitalized, drugged, Longden was discarded by a system that didn't know how to help her. Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syjEN3peCJw

Positive blog on student mental health

Read about a student's difficult experiences and how finding the right support at university helped. If you are a university student make sure you find out about the support services at your university as they can really help.

http://www.mind.org.uk/blog/8549_lets_talk_about_student_mental_health