Top Tips for Support Mental Health Without Becoming a Therapist
Mental Health Awareness Week is a good time to remind ourselves that we can be supportive without taking on roles we are not trained for.
Author: Mike Phillips
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Top Tips for Working Alongside Families and Unpaid Carers
During Dementia Action Week, it is important to recognise carers not simply as helpers, but as people who need understanding, partnership and support in their own right.
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Top Tips for Psychological Safety is a Mental Health Issue
Psychological safety is not a “nice to have”. It plays a vital role in protecting mental health and supporting collaboration.
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Top Tips for Seeing the Person beyond the Dementia
When dementia becomes the dominant lens, people risk being treated as a set of symptoms rather than as individuals with lives, histories and agency.
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Oi, Queer! You’re Dead
“Oi, Queer… those were the words shouted at me by a group of around six men when I was 23. They chased me into a secluded mews near Earl’s Court. At least two of them were carrying baseball bats.
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Top Tips for Why Mental Health Is an Issue for All of Us
Mental Health Awareness Week offers a chance to reframe mental health as something created, supported or undermined collectively, not carried by individuals alone.
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Top Tips for why Diagnosis Still Matters
During the month of Dementia Action Week, it is worth revisiting why diagnosis still matters, especially when conversations about dementia can feel difficult, delayed or avoided.
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Top Tips for Supporting Stressed Staff and Volunteers
This week we are focusing on developing personal resilience – the ability to bounce back during difficult times.
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Top Tips for Responding to Stress in People with Dementia
Here are 20 Top Tips for spotting the signs of stress in people with dementia.
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Top Tips for Causes of Stress in People with Dementia
Here are 20 Top Tips for spotting the signs of stress in people with dementia.
