Tag: mental health week

I was arrested 75 times: How violent policing destroys mental health
Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: We often talk about the physical damage caused by police violence, but with 'disruptive' and 'deterrent'-focused policing on the rise it is time we talked about the psychological impact of such tactics.
Protest, Police Violence and Mental Health Care: 7 Things You Need to Know
Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: Struggling to change the world can take its toll on our mental health, especially if it brings us into contact with the police. Here are some ideas for incorporating (self-)care for our mental health into those struggles.
7 Ways to Support Friends When They’re Mentally Unwell

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: At some point most of us will have a friend or family member who is mentally unwell. Here are some ideas for how to support friends who are in need without either blaming them for their suffering or trying to become their rescuers.

Talking Therapy: 8 Thoughts on How We Talk About Mental Health

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: Despite the historical inability of psychiatry to find biological evidence for mental illnesses, we still use its language when talking about mental health. Is it time we instead returned to a political approach to mental health and psychiatric care?
Mental Health Under Neoliberalism – 5 Ways Work Drives Us Crazy
Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: "Working nine to five... It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it," sang Dolly Parton in 1980. Work is a common cause of stress, but with work seeming increasingly ubiquitous and demanding could it now be that work is stress?