Archive | April, 2015

Warning: politics can be bad for your mental health. How @jennifermjones survives and thrives

A post from Mind Waves steering group member @jennifermjones Let’s start with a political writing cliche. The Westminster elections, they are hard to ignore – especially so soon after the passion and energy of the Scottish Independence referendum. I’ve read so much about about both, from and about grassroots politics, across commentators and the participants […]

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Celebrate with us on April 24

  Reidvale Centre, Dennistoun Friday April 24 1.30-3.30 Come along to celebrate, meet people and learn more We are so proud of everything that our Community Correspondents have achieved in the last year. We want to celebrate. Join us at the Reidvale Centre for lunch and see films, photographs and talks that celebrate mental wellbeing. […]

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The day you’re admitted to a mental health facility is not the right time to be forced to quit smoking

A post from Dougie Pickering, Director of  @voxScotland , national mental health service user led organisation in Scotland When is the right time… …not for giving up smoking, but perhaps being ‘forced’ to?  After a great deal of service user consultation at local and national levels, including smokers and non-smokers, the answer seems to be:  “not on […]

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Do you have a right to smoke in hospital?

As of March 31 of this year, it is illegal to smoke anywhere on NHS grounds. We all know that smoking is bad for our health and most people have come to accept that it is banned in public places, but what about people who don’t get to choose where they go? People who are […]

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