A link seems to exist between financial strain and suicidality – a link that the economic crisis of the last few years has unequivocally exposed in Britain and Greece alike. Read more
When I was attending START, the arts mental health project in Manchester, back in 2010, I was asked how I would describe my hand mosaic (shown on the photo below) if I had to sum up what it says and what its meaning is. Read more
When I was attending START in Manchester (an arts and mental health project) back in 2009-2011, I remember my ceramics tutor pointing out -in one of my reviews- that I needed a lot of guidance to complete exercises and also I had difficulty with grey areas where things were not clear cut… Read more
Back in January 2012 I sent the following email to a colleague who is also a mental health activist: Read more
‘There are people at START, the arts and mental health project I attended in Manchester for 2 years, who are brilliant in terms of their talents, but on the other hand, and that’s including myself, although I don’t think I’m brilliant artistically, but because of the mental health stuff they’re compromised in so many areas of their lives… Read more
This image was created by Daniel Saul and Penny Arnold in association with Making Waves (Nottingham; http://www.makingwaves.org) and is part of the work that resulted in a short film ‘looking at mechanisms by which we may break free of negative patterns and loops’. The Recovery film can be found on http://www.liabletochange.org/film.html. Read more
