Ian Castle on #disability and punishment. #mhuk #hardesthit

http://iancastlesblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/05/my-family/

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@RubyWax and ‘Black Dog Tribe’. #mhuk #depression

http://www.blackdogtribebeta.com/

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Dawn’s musings on those #MindAwards, Teams, #BiPolar and a Scavenger Hunt. #mhuk #GISHWHES

‘A Win For Pandora, and Team New Media’   Ha, the irony, I have lost my voice, stolen by a thief in the night.  An activist without a voice today, but then haven’t I been so stricken in the past? Today I may well be physically unwell, and reduced to writing notes such as “No, [...]

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Mind Media Awards: The Winners #mhuk

http://www.mindmediaawards.org.uk/winners2011.html

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‘If #suicide is the answer, what is the question?’ #mhuk

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/if-suicide-is-the-answer-what-is-the-question-6269182.html

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Check out @CarersTweets in depth report on #NHS #Carer failures. #mhuk

http://www.carers.org/sites/default/files/nhs_not_making_the_break_for_carers_final.pdf

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Sponsor Cool Tan Arts – they’re worth it! #mhuk

http://www.cooltanarts.org.uk/category/exhibition/

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@Rethink_ CEO Paul Jenkins on ‘overuse’ of Community Treatment Orders. #mhuk

http://www.rethink.org/how_we_can_help/news_and_media/press_releases/its_time_to_review.html

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Gordon Conochie: ‘#NHS cannot avoid their duties to #carers.’ (Yet they do…) #mhuk

http://carersblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/nhs-cannot-avoid-their-duties-to-carers/

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World Health Organisation recognises Surrey #prison health initiative. #mhuk

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2104190_international_award_for_prison_health_initiative

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Janssen joining forces with NHS Confederation Mental Health Network. #mhuk

http://www.zenopa.com/news/801224191/Janssen_to_support_NHS_social_network_for_mental_health_care

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‘Shine a Light’: Marie Claire campaign to highlight female mental health. #mhuk #whatstigma

http://www.adnews.com.au/adnews/marie-claire-targets-mental-health-issues

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Robber jailed for ‘prolonged attack’ on man with mental health issues. #mhuk #prison

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/yourtown/witney/9391593.Robber_jailed_for__prolonged_attack__on_man_with_mental_health_issues/

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Rebecca Front on the positive coverage of mental ill health. #mhuk #whatstigma

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/28/media-mental-health-coverage?newsfeed=true

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American Psychiatric Association and Big Pharma – too ‘close’ for comfort? #mentalhealth

http://www.fogcityjournal.com/wordpress/3217/is-the-american-psychiatric-association-in-bed-with-big-pharma/

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Re-offending and the mentally ill. #mhuk #prison

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/11/30/mentally-ill-reoffenders-as-common-as-we-think/

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Anders Behring Breivik declared paranoid #schizophrenic – how did they reach that conclusion? #mhuk #Norway

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15928316

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Social Media Saved My Life, and I thank you for the nomination #mhuk #MindMediaAwards

Social Media Saved My Life This Year People then nominated me for a MIND MEDIA AWARD…. and I’m am astonished. So for them, and for everyone who has twtted, facebooked and read this BLOG…I say…

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#Prison programme team win inspirational award. #mhuk

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Huntingdon-St-Ives-St-Neots/Prison-programme-team-win-inspirational-award-24112011.htm

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Award-winning prisoner mental health scheme closed due to cuts. #mhuk #prison #meh

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-15871535

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GPs to prescribe self-help books for mental illness. #mhuk #GoodGrief

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/GPs-prescribe-self-help-books-patients-common/story-13953119-detail/story.html

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The7stars appointed as media planning and buying brief for mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness. #mhuk

http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/News/MostEmailed/1106336/Rethink-Mental-Illness-hands-the7stars-media-account/

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Health professions worry for #WCA fairness. #mhuk

http://www.barchester.com/Healthcare-News/Health-professions-worry-for-WCA-fairness/376/4987

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Family call for mental health law changes. #schizophrenia #mhuk

http://www.granthamjournal.co.uk/news/call_for_mental_health_law_changes_1_3280835

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Mental health challenges take toll on students. #mhuk

http://www.londoncommunitynews.com/2011/11/mental-health-challenges-take-toll-on-students/

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