Free Half Day Seminar organised by Support in Mind, Scottish Mental Health Research Network and The University of Edinburgh. Service users, their family members, carers, health professionals, researchers and policy-makers are all warmly invited to attend this free event, where Amanda Larkin, … [Read more...] about Psychosis, Rights and Recovery- Tackling the Health Inequalities faced by people living with Schizophrenia and Psychosis
Mental health and smoking: a voluntary sector perspective
ASH Scotland, the independent Scottish charity taking action to reduce the harm caused by tobacco, worked with VHS during April-May 2015 on an area of mutual interest: mental health. VHS agreed to distribute to its membership an ASH Scotland survey which asked about organisational experiences and … [Read more...] about Mental health and smoking: a voluntary sector perspective
Mental Health and Wellbeing Focus Group
VHS’s Living in the Gap report drew attention to a correlation between health inequalities and poor mental health, social isolation and loneliness. It highlighted the significant involvement of our sector in supporting people’s mental health and wellbeing in many communities and population groups. … [Read more...] about Mental Health and Wellbeing Focus Group
The Wellbeing Alliance: Tackling Public Health Prevention from the Inside out
Health problems and GP consultations involving mental health issues are more than twice as prevalent in deprived areas as affluent areas, and are the commonest co morbidity. Depression is recorded in 1:6 patients with chronic conditions in Scotland. How can people in low states of mind hear public … [Read more...] about The Wellbeing Alliance: Tackling Public Health Prevention from the Inside out
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
