Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

A culture where people ask for help

A culture where people ask for help

Suicide leaves loved ones with many questions, chief of which is ‘why didn’t we see it?’, as this personal account shows. Time to change our attitudes

After the final whistle

After the final whistle

The sad events of Sunday left a deep impression of one reader, who has asked to remain anonymous as he recounts his own story

Mental Health in Wales: See past the stigma

Mental Health in Wales: See past the stigma

It is time for the Welsh Assembly Government to make real progress on mental ill health in Wales – and to learn from other parts of the UK who are running effective campaigns to counter the major problem of stigma

The hallmark of a civilised society

The hallmark of a civilised society

As the Assembly considers its final stages of new mental health legislation brought by Jonathan Morgan AM, the evidence is mounting for radical reform in the way we care for some of society’s most vulnerable people