Mental Health
About Mental Health.
Mental health is about how we think, feel and behave. One in four people in the UK have a mental health problem at some point in their lives, which affects their daily life, relationships or physical health.
Mental health disorders take many different forms and affect people in different ways. Schizophrenia, depression and personality disorders are all examples of mental health problems.
For more information on mental health conditions, visit the NHS website.
Get your free Healthy Mind Plan
Your Mind plan helps you build a practical plan you can use to help maintain and improve your mental health and wellbeing. By answering this short quiz, the Every Mind Matters widget gives you 5 actions that can help you feel more in control, deal with stress and anxiety, boost your mood and improve your sleep.
Now We’re Talking
Launched in 2018 by Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust the Now We're Talking campaign set out to reduce stigma and encourage more local people to access the Healthy Minds Service to get support if and when they need it.
Having conversations about mental health helps break down stereotypes, improves relationships, aids recovery and take the sigma out of something that affects us all.
There are lots of different ways to have the conversation about mental health and you don't have to be an expert to talk. There plenty of ways in which you can get involved in the Now We're Talking campaign, from a trip to the rugby, talks and presentations at your place of work, stands at your local library, a day at the races, you can even run a half marathon with us (if you really want to…)
Our promotion of mental health awareness has many forms, and we are all about thinking outside the box! Mental Health problems affect one in four of us, yet people are still afraid to talk about it. Having conversations about mental health helps break down stereotypes, improves relationships, aid recovery and take the sigma out of something that affects us all.
You can learn more about Now We’re Talking, and Healthy Minds, at the link below.
Mood Self-Assessment
This self-assessment helps you better understand how you've been feeling over the last fortnight, and points you in the right direction for helpful advice and information on anxiety and depression.
Mental Health Foundation
The website of the Mental Health Foundation outlines the charity’s work in research, policy, service development and service user involvement. The site offers information and publications to download on research, good practice in services and on mental health problems and key issues.
You can subscribe to their podcasts and videos on their website, here.
Depression Self-Assessment
This self-assessment will help you assess whether you could be suffering from depression, based on how you've been feeling over the last fortnight.