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Mental health

Here you can find all topics related to mental health.

Antidepressants

In this section you can find out about the experience of using antidepressant medicines by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk to 36 people in their own homes....

Bereavement due to suicide

In this section you can find out about experiences of bereavement due to suicide by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk to 40 people in their own homes. Find...

Depression

In this section you can find out about the experience of depression by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. In recent times depression and bipolar disorder, which includes episodes of mania, have come to be considered...

Depression and low mood (young people)

In this section you can find out about the experience of depression and low mood in young people by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk to 39 young people...

Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT)

Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) has been used in mental health treatments since the 1940s. Controversy over some aspects of the treatment in the 1950s and '60s led to guidelines and legislation on its use. Today, it is given under general anaesthetic...

Psychosis

In this section you can find out about the experience of living with psychosis by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk to 33 people in their own homes. Find...

Psychosis (young people)

In this section you can see and hear young people talking about their experiences of psychosis. Our researchers travelled around England and talked to 22 young people who wanted to share their experiences of psychosis with others. They talked about...

Mental health: Mental health carers from minority ethnic backgrounds

In this section you can find out about the experiences of mental health carers from minority ethnic backgrounds in the UK (Black, Asian and other minority ethnicities) by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled...

Mental health: People from minority ethnic backgrounds

In this section you can find out about the mental health experiences of people from minority ethnic backgrounds in the UK (Black, Asian and other minority ethnicities) by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Our researchers travelled...

Self-harm: parents' experiences

In this section you can find out about the experiences of parents and other family members of young people who self-harm by seeing and hearing them share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk...