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

What is depression?

Let the black dog be your guide.

http://www.upworthy.com/what-is-depression-let-this-animation-with-a-dog-shed-light-on-it?g=4&c=ufb1

Schizophrenia Awareness Week (November 11 - 17)

Will you Stand Up for Schizophrenia this week? 


Rethink are encouraging us to spread better understanding of what it's like to live with this condition and join the fight to challenge the misunderstanding and fear that surrounds it. Follow the link for more information.


http://www.rethink.org/news-views/authors/stand-up-for-schizophrenia?utm_source=email&utm_medium=informz&utm_campaign=blank

Staying well with Bi Polar Disorder

Check out the link to a useful guide to staying well based on personal experiences and research.

http://www.rethink.org/living-with-mental-illness/staying-well-with-bipolar?utm_source=email&utm_medium=informz&utm_campaign=blank

Time to Talk?

Today is World Mental Health Day! We all need to think about how we manage our own mental health and be more open about mental illness to reduce stigma. Follow the Time to Change campaign, TimetoTalk.

http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/talk-about-mental-health

Give a few moments to think about 'what makes you feel good?'

Hope you all have a great day.

Doc Ready

With 36% of young people admitting to not feeling comfortable talking to their GP about their mental health, a new digital tool has launched to encourage more to do so. 

Doc Ready is a digital app aimed at ensuring young people confidently take control of what happens when they meet with their doctor and to help them get the most out of their visit. 

Try out Doc Ready at:

http://www.docready.org/static/client/index.html#/home

Update on Student Mental Health Survey

The first part of the Grand Challenges survey is complete.Over 230 people completed this survey between June and July 2013 and a total of 459 challenges were submitted. Stage 2 of the project is now open. this will help identify which of these specific challenges is a current priority.

This information will help organisations understand where action to improve the state of student mental health might be most effective. You can find out more information and complete the survey here -

 www.studentminds.org.uk/grand-challanges

 This survey is open to any member of public to complete - we particularly invite responses from current university students, recent university graduate and University staff and health care professionals working to support students in university. The survey will close on the 4th of October.