
Centre for Mental Health
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Centre for Mental Health
3M ago
Thea sits down with Chris Frederick, an expert by experience who has been charting a unique course in his work on suicide prevention. Chris's experience of poor mental health led him to set up Project Soul Stride, through which he is collecting people's stories and building knowledge around Black mental health and suicidality. With this evidence, he's been challenging systems and services to improve mental health support and suicide prevention to better meet the needs of Black people. Show notes and full transcript can be found here: https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/podcast-chris-frede ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
5M ago
Thea is joined by Penny East, External Relations Director at Think Ahead which runs a training programme for mental health social workers. They talk about the role of social workers in providing mental health support and how that often tends to be overlooked, both in policy and in public awareness. They also discuss why we need to build a more diverse range of skills into the mental health workforce to properly meet people's needs. Show notes and full transcript can be found here: https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/podcast-penny-east/ If you appreciated this episode, we’d love your suppo ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
6M ago
What does the new government mean for mental health? Kadra Abdinasir, the Centre's Associate Director of Policy, sits down with Thea to discuss the impact of new announcements and what the Government needs to prioritise to build a mentally healthier nation. Show notes and full transcript can be found here: https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/podcast-kadra-abdinasir/ If you appreciated this episode, we’d love your support to keep our work going – please donate today: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/donate Music by scottholmesmusic.com ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
8M ago
Thea Joshi sits down with Venus Madden. An Occupational Therapist by background, Venus shares her experiences of miscarriage and postnatal depression, as well as the impact of moving to the UK from Hong Kong as a teenager. We discuss how facing inequalities in health care have shaped her and how she's using her story to call for change in maternal mental health. If you appreciated this episode, we'd love your support to keep our work going - please donate today: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/donate Music by scottholmesmusic.com ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
9M ago
Thea is joined by Thahmina Begum, an artist and art psychotherapist based in Leeds. Thahmina talks us through some amazing projects she's led, using art as a vehicle for communities to process racial and intergenerational trauma. If you appreciated this episode, we'd love your support to keep our work going - please donate today: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/donate Music by scottholmesmusic.com ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
10M ago
Has mental health culture gone too far? Thea Joshi welcomes Andy Bell to unpack recent comments from government ministers and proposed plans to reduce access to benefits for people taking time off work for their mental health. They discuss what's driving this backlash, and explore where we're actually at on our journey from mental health awareness to mental health literacy. If you appreciated this episode, we'd love your support to keep our work going - please donate today: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/donate Music by scottholmesmusic.com ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
11M ago
Thea Joshi is joined by Frederico Cardoso, the Centre's Senior Economist, to hear about a major new report calculating the economic and social costs of mental ill health. While a £ sign is an imperfect measure of the toll that mental health problems can take on people's lives, this economic analysis has broken new ground in assessing the scale of the problem and the consequences for our economy and society of failing to act. Frederico breaks down and contextualises the figures in the new report and shares some of the solutions that would support better mental health and reduce costs in tandem ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
1y ago
Thea Joshi is joined by Claudia Turbet-Delof, a local councillor in Hackney, Mental Health Champion, person centred therapist and human rights campaigner. Claudia shares her experience of growing up in poverty in Bolivia, moving to the UK and facing depression and racism. She tells us how these experiences, and witnessing the power of collective struggle by indigenous people in her country, have driven her ambition to make mental health a fundamental human right. Please note that this conversation does make reference to racist language and sexual abuse. If you appreciated this episode, we'd lo ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
1y ago
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s current Writer in Residence, Andrew K Kauffmann. Together they discuss OCD and its battles, from diagnosis and labels, to therapy and everyday life. If you appreciated this episode, we'd love your support to keep our work going - please donate today: www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/donate Music by scottholmesmusic.com Show notes: Read Andrew's Writer in Residence piece on OCD 'Life with OCD: an anti memoir' here: https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/life-with-ocd-an-anti-memior/ Check out Andrew's most recent Writer in Residence piece on ..read more
Centre for Mental Health
1y ago
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s Associate Director for Policy, Kadra Abdinasir, to discuss the way racial trauma affects multiple generations of a family. They discuss A Constant Battle ina collaboration between the Centre and King’s College London, which investigates how the experiences of racism towards both parents and children affect their mental health and parent-child interactions. Kadra shares insights from the research and unpacks the concept of trauma, pointing us to actions that could address the severe impact of racism on mental health in the UK. If you appreciate ..read more