This is a brilliant + really helpful video explaining what we need to be mentally well! It is packed full of really important information about our mental health + what impacts our mental welbeing! 👏👏👏 Hapus

In cognitive-behavioral therapy, the central theoretical concept is that human distress is caused by “distorted thoughts.” As a result, normal responses to significant life events become medicalized. Who gets to decide what a distorted thought even is?

This is great news! And perfect timing given this new guidance on mental health legislation from World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Human Rights 🙌👏 If we can make these changes it will be a game changer for everyone! 🙏 who.int/publications/i…

We have been sold the lie that our mental health is about genes + chemical Imbalances. But it is far more complex + interactive than that. How should we go about redressing this misinformation?

Really excited to have been at the NHS Exec mental health adult + older adult network to be planning how to improve services. I’m really hoping this is our opportunity to bring services into the 21st century. To offer a least restrictive holistic + human rights approach 🙌🙌🙏🙏

It is well established that early adversity has several effects on our brain structures, immunity response, nervous system, metabolic + psychosocial function. This leads to eg. - a greater risks of autoimmunity issues including chronic pain + fatigue alongside mental ill health.

During + after trauma or adversity we often experience a range of intense emotions, thoughts + responses that whilst challenging are often adaptive responses to extraordinary circumstances. We should not pathologise this.

I believe in a fairer world too. There is no them. Just us. This is equally as true for mental health. Well said Oxfam 👏👏👏🙌🙏

Inequality leads to significant levels of mental health problem. Let’s not mess around. Practitioners know equality is the best therapy. 👇

Here in the UK worsening social inequality has created a public mental health crisis. If we want to address rising rates of mental ill health we must address economic inequality as a matter of urgency.

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu #lovenothate ❤️

NHS referrals for anxiety in children have more than doubled pre-Covid levels. Children deserve a more sophisticated response than putting counsellors in every school, useful though that may be in some cases. We must tackle the social causes of their worries and distress.

One of my faves is taking pupils off to claustrophobic counselling rooms in schools , where they have an introspective hour discussing the fact that they are experiencing bullying at school Adults feel good, they have ticked a box . Pupil leaves room to return to the bullying.

Depression is almost always treated with anti-depression pills but the evidence base has found their effect is so small that it lacks clinical relevance. NHS spending on antidepressants rose by £139m during pandemic.

There is no shame in suicidal thoughts. They are the body’s attempt to escape overwhelm and get back to a sense of safety, purpose and connection. We should pay attention to and notice them - not try and hide from them. Shame dies when stories are told in safe places.

Feeling like you belong to you community is a mental health intervention.