Monday 1st June, Edinburgh 10.30- 12.30 VHS are looking to establish a mental health and wellbeing focus group to help develop our future programme of work in this area. The first meeting of the group will take place on the 1st of June in Edinburgh and will look to discuss a range of issues … [Read more...] about Mental Health and Wellbeing Focus Group Meeting
Mental and physical health
One in four people may experience a diagnosable mental health condition in any given year. In 2015 VHS began exploring what smaller voluntary health organisations had to say about mental health. They told us their role is to ‘catch those people who have often fallen through the gaps of mainstream … [Read more...] about Mental and physical health
Prevention of Suicide & Self Harm
The Scottish Government’s Choose Life Strategy, published in December 2002, had a 10 year lifespan. The Scottish Government set up a working group in late 2012 to consider the future strategy, with the aim of producing a new national strategy to be published in late 2013. The Scottish Government … [Read more...] about Prevention of Suicide & Self Harm
Prevention of Suicide and Self harm
The Scottish Government’s Choose Life Strategy, published in December 2002, had a 10 year lifespan. The Scottish Government set up a working group in late 2012 to consider the future strategy, with the aim of producing a new national strategy to be published in late 2013. The Scottish Government … [Read more...] about Prevention of Suicide and Self harm
SAMH launches new self-harm report
The Scottish Association for Mental Health SAMH has published the results of an on-line survey which was created to find out more about people's first-hand experiences of self-harm. The survey received 227 responses with people giving honest and frank accounts of self-harm and the support they … [Read more...] about SAMH launches new self-harm report
