U.K. World Mental Health Day Rundown
Top stories from the U.K. for World Mental Health Day. You may find more by searching Google News.
Top stories from the U.K. for World Mental Health Day. You may find more by searching Google News.
There are more details to describe what some men meant by no one, but no one was a very popular response. I’m not surprised by that. I think most men don’t open up 100% to anyone. Part of it is not having that kind of relationship with anyone, part of it is society’s expectations of men to be strong and stoic, part of it is women’s expectations that the men in their lives remain strong and stoic, and part of it is just our unwillingness to have uncomfortable conversations.
The British free telephone service Childline will face cuts when 20% of the volunteer workforce will be withdrawn from the charity. 75 salaried positions will also be made redundant. We’ll comment on this story later, right now the Mail on Sunday has the main story here. – CBG
“Thousands of teenagers will get training to spot the signs of mental health issues among their friends, the government has announced. So-called “peer support networks” will be set up in schools across England to encourage more young people to seek help when they need it. These could be in the form of buddying schemes, group…
I think Chris Brogan provides an interesting perspective on why we talk about depression. “I Want Depression to Be Seen as Normal Not “normal” like “hey, everything’s okay!” but more normal like “this is just a thing. Some people have it AND they do other stuff.” I want companies and employees and customers and friends and…
If we’re going to become a less lonely society, we need to take advantage of opportunities to gather together. It’s that simple. It’s also becoming more challenging to do as we hide behind social media and news media, more interested in keeping us afraid of “others” so that we will continue to give them our attention.