Mental Health Foundation

Exercise and Mental Health

Mental Health Foundation — Exercise and Mental Health: information from the Mental Health Foundation Looking after your wellbeing helps you get the most out of life. Exercise and physical activity play a crucial role in how you feel about yourself and life. Whatever your ...More…

Supporting your colleagues

Mental Health Foundation — Work colleagues, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations It can to hard what to do when someone you work with is going through a tough time or has a mental health problem. But ...More…

Overcoming fear and anxiety

Mental Health Foundation — Fear and anxiety: information from the Mental Health Foundation Fear and anxiety are part of the body's natural response to threats or thoughts that something bad might happen. Usually they last for a short time and then pass. But sometimes they ...More…

Mental capacity - what do you want to know?

Mental Health Foundation — Mental Capacity: resources from the Mental Health Foundation Making decisions is something we do all day, every day. If you are able to make a particular decision for yourself you have 'mental capacity'. However, there are many reasons why you ...More…

Self-management

Mental Health Foundation — Self-management, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations Self-management describes a way that service users can learn to control long-term mental health problems. It can enable ...More…

What is recovery?

Mental Health Foundation — Recovery, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations In mental health, 'recovery' has a range of meanings and does not always refer to the process of complete recovery from a mental .. ...More…

The military and mental health

Mental Health Foundation — Military and mental health , information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations Members of the armed forces are exposed to unique risks to their mental health while they are on active ...More…

Smoking and mental health

Mental Health Foundation — Smoking and Mental Health, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations Most adults in the UK are aware of the physical health risks of smoking tobacco, but research shows that smoking ...More…

The Mental Capacity Act 2005

Mental Health Foundation — The Mental Capacity Act 2005, information from the Mental Health Foundation, including latest news and events and relevant organisations The Mental Capacity Act 2005 came into force in England and Wales in 2007. It aims to empower and protect ...More…

Depression and suicide in later life

Mental Health Foundation — Depression and suicide in later life, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations Although most older people do not develop mental health problems, a significant minority do. The most ...More…

Tourette's Syndrome

Mental Health Foundation — Tourette's Syndrome, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations Tourette's Syndrome is an inherited, neurobehavioral disorder characterised by repeated and involuntary body movements . ...More…

Ex-patients

Mental Health Foundation — Terminology used to describe people with mental health problems, information from the Mental Health Foundation including latest news and events and relevant organisations This fact sheet looks at the wide diversity of terms used to describe ...More…