mental health

Hey everyone, So happy to join but hate to start this forum journey so negatively. I’m really going through it right now with complications. Im a new mum, had some pre existing complications but since pregnancy and the birth, they got so much worse. (Unplanned pregnancy but v wanted and...

Hello, this is my first time posting on a forum so want to say thanks in advance to any one who replies to this! I’ve had type 1 for 32 years, since the age of 6, and have always been on MDI (lantus and Fiasp for the last few years). I decided to make the leap to a pump back in October 2023 as...

Hello I am urgently looking for advice to help my 27 year old son with his type 1 diabetes. He was diagnosed in January 2023 so is still fairly new to everything but he is not looking after himself at all. He is also autistic which obviously complicates things further. He doesn't seem to...

Hello everyone! I would really appreciate it if you could take a couple of minutes to fill out this questionnaire on driving with type one diabetes. The aim of these responses is to gauge how diabetics find driving; how technology is used to check blood sugars whilst driving; how hypos...

I’m not going through anything particularly at the moment but wanted to say this… It’s tough navigating the tempest that MH causes. Lots of us here know that. Also sometimes the best intentioned support feels like it’s intruding or meddling or trying to “fix” us when all we want is to be...

An Investigation into The Impact that sleep quality has on mental health in people with Type 1 Diabetes I would like to invite you to participate in a research project that will take place on online or on the University of Northampton, Waterside Campus. I am a third-year university student at...

Hi, I’ve come here because I really don’t know where else to go. Feeling so many emotions around my diabetes at the moment. Just started a new job after working from home throughout whole pandemic/lockdowns etc. Don’t think my mental health is in a very good place but don’t want any...

- Live with Diabetes + another long-term physical / mental health conditions, AND - Pregnant in the last 5 years / planning a pregnancy? What mothers and babies outcome would you like to see researchers measure? Have your say shaping future research, take part in this survey...

Now that I’ve completed my first half marathon and signed up for the second (and even contemplating putting in to the ballot for a full one somewhere) I’m convinced I’m official a Runner. So I’m off to the National Running Show today. I’m expecting it to be full of stalls selling overpriced...

About 4 years ago I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 12, at the time I had no idea on what it was and it was all new to me, finding out what it really is and that it’s not curable killed me and to this day it still does with all the thoughts and depression that comes with...

The number of mental health nurses in England has slumped by more than a tenth over the past decade, new figures have revealed. This is despite commitments from both Theresa May and her predecessor, David Cameron, to boost resources for mental health services, which many medical professionals...

Hi everyone, I am a masters clinical psychology student, studying at Royal Holloway University. I would be grateful if you will take 20 minutes of your day to complete my study. If you have any questions let me know, by emailing me on dhruvi.patel.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk. I am studying the mental...

The mental health sector has the worst staffing problems in the NHS, new figures have revealed. At the end of December 2018, there were 20,286 unfilled positions for mental health workers in England – almost a tenth of the sector’s workforce (9.6%). Former health minister Norman Lamb – who...

Hi everyone, I am a masters clinical psychology student, studying at Royal Holloway University. I would be grateful if you will take 20 minutes of your day to complete my study. If you have any questions let me know, by emailing me on dhruvi.patel.2018@live.rhul.ac.uk. I am studying the mental...

Ministers are on course to miss their target of increasing the number of mental health staff by 21,000 by 2020, according to NHS workforce figures obtained by Labour. A year after the government made the pledge, NHS mental health trusts in England had employed just 1,524 extra personnel...

Some of Britain's biggest employers are pressing the government to honour a promise to give mental health the same status as physical health at work. Royal Mail and WH Smith are among the companies asking the PM to follow through on her manifesto pledge to update health and safety legislation...

A minister for suicide prevention has been appointed in England by the prime minister as the government hosts the first ever global mental health summit. Theresa May said the appointment of Health Minister Jackie Doyle-Price to the new role will help tackle the stigma surrounding suicide...

Thousands of nurses, therapists and psychiatrists are quitting NHS mental health services, raising serious doubts about ministerial pledges to dramatically expand the workforce. Two thousand mental health staff a month are leaving their posts in the NHS in England, according to figures from the...

Hayley Jarvis, Head of Physical Activity at Mind, shares with us the all-important benefits of running to our mental health. In her spare time, Hayley is a mental health advocate and a peer volunteer/run leader for Dudley Mind. We’re all aware of the physical health benefits of being active...

Patients rely on doctors to look after their mental health but is enough being done to help the doctors when they are the ones with problems? There are concerns that some medical professionals in England are unable to get the help they need. In 2016, 26-year-old junior doctor Sophie Spooner...