By Felicity Thomas Nationwide, prescriptions for antidepressants are at an all time high – up by 100% since 2015, and 500% since 1992. It is estimated that half of all people on antidepressants in the UK have been taking them for two years or more (Kendrick et al. 2015), and that nationwide, a third of …

So what’s special about Tuesday’s at Mount Wise Neighbourhood Centre ? its home to the Creative Minds Art Group, a peer support group run by local people providing a friendly, informal  space for anyone in the Plymouth area to come along to, especially those who may have mental health conditions Started a few years ago …

By Olivia Craig People ask me regularly what it is like to be the CEO of a mental health charity. Most people are perplexed when I tell them that, in 2014, I left a permanent job to work in a sector where funding is precarious and the future uncertain. For me it was a transformational …

Thoughts on a busy life – getting in touch with the simple things  by Chris Dowrick I have a busy life, and generally it’s a great life – but I often find myself getting frazzled by having to much to do and too little time to do it. Particularly since my head injury from a cycling accident, which means I get …