mental health

6th Dec

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How Are You campaign launched to help care workers in the UK

There are around seven million carers in the UK. They dedicate their lives to taking care of other people’s loved ones and looking after them to the...

16th Nov

| By Alex Bird

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Campaign launched to raise awareness for and support untrained people caring for mental health sufferers

#LeanOnMe is a campaign aimed at raising awareness for the need to support those who are uneducated and untrained in dealing with a person that is...

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12th Nov

| By Farran Golding

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Switch Off campaign launched to raise awareness of smartphone and social media addiction

Do you often compare yourself to those around you, worry over your body image, struggle sleeping or socialising, or feel somewhat dissatisfied with...

8th Nov

| By Kirsty Bird

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Campaign launched to prevent the over-prescription of antidepressants

Antidepressant usage in the UK has risen by 170% since the year 2000, according to a recent study. In 2018 alone, more than seven million...

10th Oct

| By Sarai Van-Cook

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Virtual clinics: how Manchester students will benefit from new 6bn mental health centre

Manchester is to be the first place in the country to establish a dedicated centre using virtual clinics to support students with mental health needs...

10th Oct

| By Danielle Kate Wroe

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Why online dating may not be the answer to loneliness for millennials

A recent study by the Office for National Statistics found that young people aged 16-24 feel lonely more often than any other age group. Smoking 15...

7th Jun

| By Tom Brady

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State of Mind charity breaks world record at Warrington’s Halliwell Jones Stadium

Mental health charity State of Mind has set a world record for the largest number of people attending a mental health awareness event. ...

9th Jan

| By Nadia Turki

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Student well-being officer speaks frankly about his battles with mental health

Saqib Mahmood, a student at The University of Manchester, has taken a year out from his course to become the wellbeing officer at the University of...