Blog: Awareness

Hoarding disorder is gradually becoming more compassionately recognised as a coping mechanism or a response to trauma rather than a manifestation of mere laziness. Kayley Hyman is founder of community interest company Holistic Hoarding which provides training and consultancy services. Here, she makes the case for why a compassionate, holistic response is needed to support those living with the condition.

Scores of black women wear a mask of stoicism to cope with life's challenges and crises, writes Viv Manjaro. Her new play, 'Close To The Edge', shows different approaches.

Few managed to avoid the social media frenzy that ensued on World Mental Health Day (10th October). But there are lots of us who felt excluded from the World Mental Health Day narrative: be it for reasons such as cultural or religious attitudes, being multiply marginalised, or having no support system to turn to when instructed to talk to someone. The “just talk” narrative seems deceptively accessible.

'Not Fine in School' is a parent-led organisation that supports, informs, and empowers parents affected by school non-attendance. On behalf of the organisation, Fran Morgan writes for Mental Health Today about why the education system is failing to give all children the same support to thrive.

This week is Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours Awareness Week, otherwise known as BFRB Awareness Week. BFRBs are a cluster of conditions characterised by repetitive and compulsive self-grooming behaviours. In this article, Chloe Apter tells Mental Health Today about how she has come to terms with this condition through comprehending its traumatic origin.