Therapy always began with a silence, the kind of dreadful silence that was desperate to speak. They asked him how he felt. He panicked. He always panicked when they asked him anything to do with feelings. The corners of his lips curled towards the broken fan above, the fan that turned slowly in the occasional…
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A mental health boost, but is it enough?
On 5th March, the Government announced an additional £79 million boost to mental health support for children and young people. Stating an additional “3 million children in England to be supported by mental health support teams in schools, around 22,500 more children and young people to access community mental health services and 2,000 more children…
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It is Okay to Not be Okay: FC Not Alone
Suicide is the biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK. On average, 125 people in the UK take their own lives. Every. Single. Week. With approximately three quarters of this saddening statistic being male, more needs to be done to encourage men to engage in open discussion about their mental…
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UEA Ballet’s ‘Love Your Leo’ Campaign 2021
Starting this week and running until the 8th March, UEA Ballet are running our annual body positivity campaign, ‘Love Your Leo(tard)’. This will be the third year that we have run this campaign as a society, and each year we aim to raise more money for our chosen charities, Beat and Eating Matters. These charities…
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Worrying about your health is normal, health anxiety is not the same
Content warning: discussions of anxiety, chronic pain and illness, and cancer We all know that mental health is difficult to talk about. People out there will tell those suffering they’re exaggerating, or simply need to “get over it”. In my experience, this is particularly prominent when the cause of poor mental health is something mundane,…
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Walking down recovery road
“ Are you better yet? Society is becoming more receptive and understanding of mental health issues. And yet, the question above continues to undermine any sense of progress. Mental health recovery is a journey of many ups and downs, happening over a significant period of time. I speak from personal experience, a person for whom…
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Inquest into death of Averil Hart finds extensive failures
A Huntingdon inquest into the death of 19-year old Averil Hart has described extensive failures in the national support services for sufferers of anorexia. Miss Hart, from Newton in Suffolk, died in December 2012 whilst studying creative writing at the University of East Anglia. She was admitted to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH)…
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The media should do more to protect the mental health of the stars upon whose lives their jobs depend
Professional sportspeople’s elite ability is such that they operate within the top 1% globally of their respective disciplines. However, despite this jaw-dropping talent, for many years the media have targeted them with news stories whenever their form drops. These publications can be seriously damaging to an individual’s mental health, causing even the most dedicated sportsperson…
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Norfolk and Suffolk Health Trust update
A regional mental health trust has admitted the removal of more than 300 young people from its waiting list was a deliberate decision and not due to “human error.” The Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) sent out the letter in May informing people their appointments had been cancelled and that their referrals had been…
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