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No Health Without Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond

29 May 2015 3 Comments
No Health Without Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond

The Mental Health Foundation is a member of the Mental Health Policy Group, alongside the Centre for Mental Health, Rethink, RCPsych, Mental Health Network, NHF Confederation, and Mind. As part of the Mental Health Policy Group, we have published ‘Improving England Mental Health: The First 100 Days and Beyond’ to advocate for a range of […]

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Breaking the tobacco taboo

5 April 2013 0 Comments

We must ensure that people with mental health disorders have proper access to smoking cessation services so that they have the support they need if they decide to quit.

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Raise awareness on World Down Syndrome Day

20 March 2013 0 Comments
Raise awareness on World Down Syndrome Day

During this past year it has been great to see an increase in the number of positive images of people with Down syndrome in the media.

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The real problem with ‘schizophrenia’

14 November 2012 2 Comments

A new report confirms that people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia get poor services and die significantly younger than they should.but the world would be a better place if the word ‘schizophrenia’ vanished altogether.

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We can make talk of double discrimination a thing of the past

30 July 2012 0 Comments

Last week we launched our Reaching out to Families report which looks at the issues facing people with learning disabilities, and their families, from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities.

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