External Links
- Foresight Mental Capital and Wellbeing Project (2008)
- Shift - Shifting Attitudes to Mental Health
- Time to Change: let's end mental health discrimination
- Young Minds
Downloads
Durham Dales Mental Health Services Directory (1.2Mb) - Adobe Reader required.
Directory of Women's Services in the North East (190kb) - Adobe Reader required.
There is No Health Without Mental Health - Poster (275kb) - Adobe Reader required.
Public Mental Health Improvement Team
The Public Mental Health Improvement team aims to promote positive mental health to individuals, families and communities.
In this section
Five Ways to Wellbeing
Doing five simple actions on a regular basis can improve our mental wellbeing, research has shown. We all need to protect our mental health and build our own resilience and the "Five Ways to Wellbeing" actions can help us do that according to the Foresight Project on Mental Capital and Wellbeing.
IMPACT - Social Prescribing for Better Physical and Mental Health
There are now more than 1000 activities on the IMPACT social prescribing website. Members of the public and professionals can access information on activities that aim to improve the population's health in County Durham and Darlington. Most of the activities are free and the majority do not require medical referral. The website welcomes organisations in County Durham and Darlington to submit activities for inclusion on the site. Activities on IMPACT include physical activity, arts and creativity, learning, volunteering, befriending and self help.
Go to: IMPACT - Social Prescribing for Better Physical and Mental Health
Mental Health Improvement in County Durham and Darlington
Mental Health is "the emotional and spiritual resilience which enables us to enjoy life and survive pain, suffering and disappointment. It is a positive sense of wellbeing and an underlying belief in our and others' dignity and worth. It is influenced by our experience and our genetic inheritance." (World Health Organisation)
Go to: Mental Health Improvement in County Durham and Darlington
Time to Change - Let's End Mental Health Discrimination
Time to Change is England's most ambitious programme to end discrimination faced by people who experience mental health problems.
Go to: Time to Change - Let's End Mental Health Discrimination
Support and information for employers
Good management of mental health at work, including prevention and early identification, can bring the £26billion annual cost of mental illness to employers down by as much as 30%.
Suicide is Everyone's Business
Depression and Suicide - Prevention, Awareness and Support. Negative feelings can be overwhelming, but with the right support and treatment people who have felt suicidal have been able to carry on with their life and the negative feelings have passed. Here, you will find information that may be able to help you through a difficult time.