by Raymond Sheehy | Feb 19, 2018 | Helping Others, Mental Health Awareness
Depression can affect anyone, and at any point of their life. While older adults are at increased risk of experiencing depression, it is still common for healthcare professionals to mistake the symptoms as a natural response to a chronic illness, sudden physical...
by Raymond Sheehy | Jan 26, 2018 | Info for Commissioners, Mental Health Awareness
In the last few years, the media has been speaking loud on issues relating to mental health and wellbeing and this long-awaited change cannot come too soon. Many mental health campaigners are now speaking out and changing the landscape forever. What they are saying...
by Raymond Sheehy | Dec 15, 2017 | Helping Others
Children in the UK are facing a mental health crisis. Last year alone over 50,000 children and young people contacted Childline seeking help for severe mental health problems, and the Children’s Commissioner estimates that as many as 800,000 children are...
by Raymond Sheehy | Dec 6, 2017 | About Bridge, Info for Commissioners, Mental Health Awareness
There are a lot of buzzwords regarding mental health recovery that are bandied around. Mental health and wellbeing has never been bigger in the national media with the Young Royals championing the cause with their hugely successful Heads Together campaign. However,...
by Raymond Sheehy | Oct 25, 2017 | Info for Commissioners, Mental Health Awareness
Mental health deserves global attention. Did you know that approximately one in four adults will experience a diagnosable mental illness during their lifetime? What’s more, mental health disorders don’t discriminate. Your race, religion, ethnicity, age and economic...
