Introducing the This Week in Mentalists Awards 2013

As the weekly This Week in Mentalists social media roundups transfer from The World of Mentalists website to here, it’s also time to announce the start of the annual This Week in Mentalists Awards. This is where we recognise the best in mental health blogging (and for the first time this year, vlogging as well). We’ll be asking for your help to pick them. We want you to leave a comment at the bottom of this blog post, telling us who you think should win in the various categories. The categories are very different from last year. Where previously the awards were divided along the lines of disorders and professions, we’ve abandoned that completely this year. This time around the categories are more organised along what the blog tries to convey rather than the background of the person writing it. A couple of the categories will be divided by a straight public vote. The rest will be through one round of public nominations, followed by a judging panel to decide the winners. We’ll introduce the judges in the next couple of days. The winners will be announced on 21st December 2013. The categories that will be decided by a straight public vote are: Best New Blog Most Sadly Missed The categories that the public will nominate on, and then go through to the judging panel are: Lived experience Recovery Therapy Campaigning Informative Carer Student/Academic Helpful Humour Vlog All the categories are for blogs, except for “Vlog”, which is for, well, vlog...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - Category: Mental Illness Authors: Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. mental illness mentalhealth blog TWIM awards Source Type: blogs