Making Mental Notes http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk User-led media about Mental & Emotional Health Sun, 13 May 2012 08:16:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Sent to the asylum: The Victorian women locked up because they were suffering from stress, post natal depression and anxiety Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2141741/Sent-asylum-The-Victorian-women-locked-suffering-stress-post-natal-depression-anxiety.html#ixzz1ujePZnA9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/_ZdE6kEunyQ/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/sent-to-the-asylum-the-victorian-women-locked-up-because-they-were-suffering-from-stress-post-natal-depression-and-anxiety-read-more-httpwww-dailymail-co-ukhomeyouarticle-2141741sent-asylu/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 08:16:06 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1642 These days, work stress, postnatal depression and anxiety are addressed with compassion. But just a few generations ago, the women who suffered from these conditions, were confined to an asylum.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/sent-to-the-asylum-the-victorian-women-locked-up-because-they-were-suffering-from-stress-post-natal-depression-and-anxiety-read-more-httpwww-dailymail-co-ukhomeyouarticle-2141741sent-asylu/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/sent-to-the-asylum-the-victorian-women-locked-up-because-they-were-suffering-from-stress-post-natal-depression-and-anxiety-read-more-httpwww-dailymail-co-ukhomeyouarticle-2141741sent-asylu/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed UK addicted to sleeping pills: Stress-related insomnia on rise since start of the economic crunch Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2142663/UK-addicted-sleeping-pills-Stress-related-insomnia-rise-start-economic-crunch.html#ixzz1ujcX77zl http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/v3yR1DNn3i0/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/uk-addicted-to-sleeping-pills-stress-related-insomnia-on-rise-since-start-of-the-economic-crunch-read-more-httpwww-dailymail-co-ukhealtharticle-2142663uk-addicted-sleeping-pills-stress-relate/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 08:08:00 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1639 Britain has become a nation of sleeping pill addicts since the start of the  economic downturn, figures revealed yesterday. The annual cost to the NHS of handing out the pills has risen by a sixth in the past three years to nearly £50million.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/uk-addicted-to-sleeping-pills-stress-related-insomnia-on-rise-since-start-of-the-economic-crunch-read-more-httpwww-dailymail-co-ukhealtharticle-2142663uk-addicted-sleeping-pills-stress-relate/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/uk-addicted-to-sleeping-pills-stress-related-insomnia-on-rise-since-start-of-the-economic-crunch-read-more-httpwww-dailymail-co-ukhealtharticle-2142663uk-addicted-sleeping-pills-stress-relate/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Do sleeping pills increase risk of dying young? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/uUeg6rKqa3A/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/do-sleeping-pills-increase-risk-of-dying-young/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 08:01:57 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1636 When Janet Marshall started having trouble getting off to sleep and asked her GP for help, she never imagined how the decision would affect her life.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/do-sleeping-pills-increase-risk-of-dying-young/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/13/do-sleeping-pills-increase-risk-of-dying-young/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Men’s group fills gap in depression help http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/dP3V2Tukoik/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/mens-group-fills-gap-in-depression-help/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:32:46 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1633 Inner-city project gives men feeling divorced from their community a chance to get together to boost their confidence.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/mens-group-fills-gap-in-depression-help/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/mens-group-fills-gap-in-depression-help/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Why GPs need to be more carer aware http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/QTGcXs0Z42s/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/why-gps-need-to-be-more-carer-aware/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:29:52 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1631 New research by the Carers Trust suggests that 60% have never accessed any outside support. A similar figure – 58% – say their mental health has been affected by their caring role, while 27% say both their physical and mental health has suffered. Other common problems include having to give up work, financial hardship and isolation.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/why-gps-need-to-be-more-carer-aware/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/why-gps-need-to-be-more-carer-aware/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Homeland’s depiction of mental illness has been a step forward for TV http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/FlQ2MRWFEBc/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/homelands-depiction-of-mental-illness-has-been-a-step-forward-for-tv/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 17:26:49 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1629 It’s not easy for scriptwriters to get it right, which is why Time to Change, the campaign my organisation Rethink Mental Illness runs in partnership with mental health charity Mind, works behind the scenes with both journalists and scriptwriters to help them ensure people with mental illness are represented as fairly and accurately as possible.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/homelands-depiction-of-mental-illness-has-been-a-step-forward-for-tv/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/05/08/homelands-depiction-of-mental-illness-has-been-a-step-forward-for-tv/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Virtual learning environment to help people collect debts from mentally ill http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/0Ztdl4ivxXw/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/30/virtual-learning-environment-to-help-people-collect-debts-from-mentally-ill/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:01:02 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1625 A new e-learning tool has been created to help debt collection agencies deal with members of the public who have mental health problems in a sensitive and effective manner.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/30/virtual-learning-environment-to-help-people-collect-debts-from-mentally-ill/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/30/virtual-learning-environment-to-help-people-collect-debts-from-mentally-ill/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed As sickness benefit cuts take effect, thousands face hard times http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/souzMsstVOo/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/30/as-sickness-benefit-cuts-take-effect-thousands-face-hard-times/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:46:55 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1622 Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind warned: “Most people with mental health problems need longer than 12 months of support before they are ready to seek employment”.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/30/as-sickness-benefit-cuts-take-effect-thousands-face-hard-times/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/30/as-sickness-benefit-cuts-take-effect-thousands-face-hard-times/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Mental health course hailed a success http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/-YpGAl8aDEE/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/23/mental-health-course-hailed-a-success/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:33:04 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1620 A DOCTOR who launched free mental health sessions for men in Newmarket has hailed the course as a success.

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]]> http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/23/mental-health-course-hailed-a-success/feed/ 0 http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/23/mental-health-course-hailed-a-success/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed CRUSADE FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH: I WAS SACKED BECAUSE OF MY MENTAL BREAKDOWN http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MakingMentalNotes/~3/iFsle8jO7Mg/ http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/2012/04/22/crusade-for-better-mental-health-i-was-sacked-because-of-my-mental-breakdown/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 07:18:38 +0000 mmn http://makingmentalnotes.org.uk/?p=1617 CLAIMS of government action to help mental health sufferers back to work have a hollow ring for former civil ­servant Jane. She says she was thrown onto the scrap heap by the Department of Work and Pensions itself.

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