Read our posts about Depression

26Sep

TV's Cold Feet Tackles Mid-Life Male Depression

Welldoing

depression, men, mensmentalhealth, midlife, TV

Mind

Cold Feet author Mike Bullen used his own experience of mid-life depression to write a storyline about Pete Gifford's crumbling mental health in the new TV series
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21Sep

How Anti-Depressants Stole a Year of My Life

Katinka Blackford Newman

depression, health, identity, psychosis, society, suicide

Mind

Katinka Newman believes that the drugs prescribed to help her through a mental breakdown were a large part of the problem. She has now written a book to highlight this problem
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03Sep

How Parkour Protects Mental Health

Alice McGurran

depression, exercise, men, women

Mind

Parkour is a free-ranging form of adventure and exercise. Having tried it, Alice McGurran believes parkour could be great for your mental health too
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30Aug

Why We Shouldn't Fear Sadness

Liz Jeffries

depression, emotions, self

Therapists

Feeling sad is an emotional state that many of us can find ourselves in, and we shouldn't deny it. All emotions have something to teach us about ourselves says therapist Liz Jeffries
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05Aug

Is There a Link between Mental Health and Violence?

Karin Sieger

depression, schizophrenia, society

Therapists

Following the attack in Russell Square, we need to work against stigma and ensure people know the facts when it comes to mental health problems and violence, says therapist Karin Sieger
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23Jul

Keeping up a Mindfulness Practice with Depression

Kate Carne

body, depression, Mind, mindfulness

Soul

How to keep mindfulness in your life, even when you feel too depressed to practice it. Tips from Seven Secrets of Mindfulness author Kate Carne
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24May

Men Need to Talk About Suicidal Thoughts

Lyn Reed

depression, men, mensmentalhealth, suicide, therapy

Therapists

While women may attempt suicide more, it is men who are more likely to die from it, especially between the ages of 20 and 49. Therapist Lyn Reed explains why and how therapy can help
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12May

In Memory of Sally Brampton, author of Shoot the Damned Dog

Louise Chunn

depression, suicide, woman

Mind

Writer and agony aunt Sally Brampton took her own life this week. Louise Chunn, a friend for 30 years, looks back on a woman who unflinchingly shared her experience of depression in order to help others
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06Apr

Protecting Mental Health in the Startup World

Alice McGurran

anxiety, career, culture, depression, society, startups

Work

Welldoing held an event about mental health in the startup world at Campus London, to hear founders share their stories of mental health difficulties and give advice to others starting up
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31Mar

When Your Mood Doesn't Match the Weather

Sue Cowan-Jenssen

depression, self, suicide, wellbeing

Therapists

For those with severe depression, the better weather in spring and summer doesn't necessarily mean a boost in mood; it can in fact make things worse
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