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Tackling Mental Health Inequalities: Ensuring Accessibility for All Communities

1 minute read

Jul 2023

Every 1 in 4 people in the UK have mental health difficulty. In this video, the Centre for Mental Health discuss inequalities that increase risk of poor mental and how these inequalities prevent people from accessing services to get the help they need.

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Government Guidance and Updates on Tackling Substance and Drugs Misuse

29 minute watch

Jul 2023

In 2021, there were 4,859 deaths reported deaths related to drug poisoning. In this video, the Home Office Joint Combatting Drugs Unit share the latest guidance for tackling drug and substance misuse, highlighting how authorities can learn from high performing areas to reduce drug rates.

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Working in Partnership to Provide Wrap-Around Support to People Affected by Eating Disorders

1 minute read

Jul 2023

It is estimated that 1.25 million people in the UK have an eating disorder. In this video Paula Blight, Chief Executive of Somerset and Wessex Eating Disorder Association, discusses developing joined up pathways between services to intervene early and help individuals recover from their eating disorder.

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Encouraging Healthy Lifestyles and Supporting Young Adults with Eating Disorders

18 minute watch

Jun 2023

More young people than ever before are receiving treatment for eating disorders, according to NHS figures. In this video, Sue Dixon, Head of Teacher Education at Goldsmiths, discusses the development and benefits of early intervention in providing wrap around care for young adults with eating disorders.

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Understanding Lived Experience to Drive Improvements in Eating Disorder Treatments

20 minute watch

Jun 2023

In the UK, people with eating disorders face a 3.5-year delay between falling ill and starting treatment. In this video Duncan Campbell and Fiona Jenkins from EmpowerED discuss the importance of understanding and including lived experience in the development of eating disorder treatment plans to ensure a patient centred approach.

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Addressing the Impact of Social Media on Young People’s Mental Health

14 minute watch

Feb 2023

1 in 6 young people aged 5-16 probably has a mental health disorder. Jessica Asato, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at Barnardos discusses the positive and negative impacts of social media on children’s mental health, highlighting the challenges they face online.

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Providing Trauma-informed Support for Young People with Multiple Disadvantages

20 minute watch

Jan 2023

Gavin Barker is the Service Manager of the Specialist ‘Changing Futures’ Programme team at Westminster City Council. He discusses the trauma-informed compassion-focussed service Westminster have in place to support young people with multiple disadvantages and how the service prevents them from falling through gaps in provision.

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Working with Service Users to Develop Follow Up Programmes After a Mental Health Crisis

11 minute watch

Jan 2023

Demand for crisis mental health services has increased by a third since before the pandemic and doubled since 2017. In this video, Owen Salem, Operational Support Officer at Youth Fed discusses how organisations need to work collaboratively with NHS Trusts and service users to understand the early signs of crises and to develop coping strategies once they are discharged.

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Suicide Prevention: Panel Discussion: Developing Suicide Prevention Strategies for Marginalised Groups

62 minute watch

Mar 2022

Research shows that marginalised people are at greater risk of suicide than other groups. In this panel discussion, we welcomed Natalie Creary from Black Thrive, Mo Wiltshire from Stonewall, and Helen Jones from MindOut who discussed how to develop suicide prevention strategies for marginalised groups.

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Suicide Prevention: Speak Their Name: Supporting Families Bereaved by Suicide

20 minute watch

Mar 2022

Speak Their Name: The Greater Manchester Suicide Memorial Quilt, was a project started by the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership for World Suicide Prevention Day 2020. We heard more about the project from Adele Owen QPM the Greater Manchester Suicide Prevention Programme Manager at the Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership.

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Suicide Prevention: Revising National Suicide Prevention Strategies in Response to Covid-19

13 minute watch

Mar 2022

The Government is reforming suicide prevention strategies, due to the detrimental impact that the pandemic has had on mental health. We heard from Nadine Dories MP, former Minister for Patient Safety, Suicide Prevention and Mental Health, about how the Government is revising national suicide prevention strategies.

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Engaging with Rough Sleepers to Improve Uptake of Drug and Alcohol Support

18 minute watch

Nov 2021

Every area has a distinct homeless cohort, and blanket policies are not the answer. Councillor Trish Hardy of Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council explains that treating each area as unique and taking the time to learn the intricacies of the rough sleeping population is vital to helping individuals.

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