‘You feel like a freak because you’re not well’: Manchester writer on life with borderline personality disorder
Harriet Williamson is a freelance journalist is using her own traumatic experiences to raise awareness of borderline personality disorder
‘In darkness there is always light’: What it’s like growing up with an alcoholic parent
Having a parent who suffers from mental health problems is weird.
‘Counterproductive’: Mental health charity Mind calls for ‘fundamental’ government rethink on benefit cuts
The Government has ‘failed its duty of care’ to people with mental health problems, according to a senior figure in Manchester Mind charity.
‘I could have slipped through the cracks’: Parents expose ‘mishmashed’ and ‘patchy’ postnatal depression support
As reports reveal one in four mums suffer postnantal depression, a senior lecturer at Manchester Uni tells MM that specialist mental health care for mums is ‘patchy’ and whether you receive care is a ‘postcode lottery’.
‘Best in country’: Manchester homeless support for LGBT youth praised by trust boss
Manchester has been praised after a report revealed that LGBT youths are at a significantly higher risk of becoming homeless because of family rejection than non-LGBT youngsters.
Manchester’s £7m mental health cuts will cause more deaths, warns patient group
Cuts to Manchester’s mental health services will ’cause more deaths’, warned a local patient support group as they lobbied outside the Town Hall yesterday.
UK ballot reveals political issues most important to Manchester’s young people
A national ballot has revealed the political issues most important to young people, citing the living wage, tackling racism, and mental health as some of the most prominent problems.
Manchester Mind ‘proud to celebrate diverse minds’ ahead of NQ exhibition
A selection of original prints are being exhibited in aid of a Manchester mental health charity by a Northern Quarter bar, as part of this year’s Manchester Design Week.
‘Faith is my anchor, it kept me from drowning’: Manchester shares stories for World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day and, with one in four adults suffering from some form of mental illness, now is the time to start talking about it.
Male suicide reasons ‘many and varied’ or rooted in gender role changes?
Are the reasons behind male suicide ‘many and varied’ or does the cause of such tragedies lie primarily in the fact that men are ‘no longer the provider’ for their families?
‘You have the right to exist’: Manchester LGBT youth group secure £100k grant
A Manchester-based LGBTQ youth project has secured £100,000 in funding to challenge the isolation experienced by young people.