Raising awareness of suicide prevention and reaching out on World Suicide Prevention Day
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, a campaign that takes place every year to raise awareness of suicide prevention and the support resources available.
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The importance of kindness
With fears a mental health crisis is on the horizon it’s time we spoke about the elephant in the room and took some time to be kind to our mental wellbeing.
Gail Porter: Life in Lockdown
Our new columnist, TV presenter, campaigner and mental health advocate, Gail Porter writes about her life in lockdown and taking the time to be grateful.
Coronavirus outbreak has seen steep decline in mental health of young and young adult carers
A survey conducted by Carers Trust has found that young carers and young adult carers have been significantly impacted by the ongoing pandemic, with mental health cited as the leading concern.
Barber staff trained to recognise mental health problems
A Gloucester barber has trained all staff to spot mental health issues in clients in a bid to promote mental health awareness in men.
On World MS Day, charities are calling for improved mental health support for shielders
As life shielding in lockdown continues, a charity has called for improved mental health support and assistance for people who are shielding this World MS Day.
Enable Asks… Chessie King
YouTube star and body confidence advocate, Chessie King takes us behind the scenes of her lockdown experience.
Kindness Matters this Mental Health Awareness Week
Kindness has never been more essential in these testing times, and this marks the topic of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week.
Getting a good night’s sleep this Mental Health Awareness Week
This week (18 – 24 May) is Mental Health Awareness Week, as our sleep patterns change, your mental health can be impacted.
Enable Asks… Joanna Lumley
Lockdown is impacting us in many different ways, so, at Enable HQ we’ve launched Enable Asks: where we ask some familiar faces their experience of lockdown.
Understanding anxiety and panic attacks
There’s no denying that we’re loving in strange times and it’s perfectly normal if you’re fining it hard to cope at the moment. Everything has changed you may need some time to adjust to the new normal.
Managing your mental health
Now more than ever, it’s essential that we’re taking care of our mental health. With the world constantly changing around us, the impact on our mental health can be huge, but there’s always support available to you to ensure you can make a success of social isolation.
Dealing with stress during self-isolation
As Stress Awareness Month gets underway, we look at how to deal with stress while self-isolating due to the current coronavirus outbreak.
Enable revisits: Autism and mental health
In 2019, we shone a spotlight on the definition of autism under the Mental Health Act. Defined as a mental disorder under the act, many autistic people have faced detention and inappropriate care. We return to the issue, to uncover what has progressed in the last 12 months.
INTERVIEW: Supporting your mental health during COVID-19
During stressful times as these, it’s more important than ever to look after your mental health and make it as much of a priority as your physical health.