Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.

The This Week in Mentalists 2013 Awards – The Winners
It gives me great pleasure to announce the This Week in Mentalists Awards 2013, recognising the best in mental health blogging (and for the first time this year, vlogging). You can view the results for 2012 here. 2013 was a year in which the weekly This Week in Mentalists blogging roundups stopped running. I don’t think this is because people aren’t writing blogs anymore – far from it; in fact there’s more and more. I think it’s more due to changes in the way blogs are used. Whereas before they acted as self-contained online communities, they’re now more part of a multi-platform social m...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 21, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Zarathustra Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. TWIM awards Source Type: blogs

Charity Slams Osborne's Workfare - These Placements Are Not Voluntary
Reblogged from the void: A centre for volunteers in Liverpool has issued a strong statement rejecting George Osborne's plan for mass workfare. Beginning in April next year thousands of unemployed people will be forced into six month workfare placements with charities or community organisations.  The scheme is a huge roll out of mandatory workfare and depends on the so-called voluntary sector playing ball to be successful. Read more… 229 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 19, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

IDS at W&P Select Committee - Was it worth it??
Reblogged from jaynelinney: By now you'll have all read many accounts of how IDS performed at the Work & Pensions Select on Monday; how 'he got way with it', his choice use of language, his need for bodyguards etc. It's taken me until today to write my account, this is due in part to initial feelings of fury and outrage at his behaviour and the seeming inability of the Select members to nail him down; also the trip itself - a 220 mile round day trip to London with complimentary train tickets courtesy of The Mirror, which in regular circumstances is relatively easy and enjoyable, has left me feeling as if I've physical...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 11, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Jonathan M. Metzl - 'The Protest Psychosis: Race, Stigma, and the Diagnosis of Schizophrenia' (Lecture, Durham University, 4th April 2014)
Reblogged from Far be it from me -: Read more… 8 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 10, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

‘The devastating impact of “fit for work” tests – and the cynical politics at their heart.’ #disability #wca #WOWpetition
“Two revealing new reports draw attention to the ongoing impact of “fit for work” assessments, giving more evidence of the misery and hardship experienced by some sick and disabled people and providing further clues as to the underlying cause. Despite minor improvements in the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), politicians, doctors, other medical professionals, church leaders, journalists, disabled people and thousands of others continue to express serious disquiet over its impact on sick and disabled people. The assessment is used to determine eligibility for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), which provides...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 10, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Nominate your favourite #mentalhealth tweeters in the #Twentalhealthawards 2013
Last year the first #Twentalhealthawards were held on the World of Mentalists blog, recognising the best in mental health tweeting. It’s now returning for a second time, and you lot get to decide the winners. Meanwhile, the judges for the This Week in Mentalists Awards 2013 have been voting on the shortlist of mental health blogs and vlogs, and the results will be announced publicly on 21st December. Meanwhile, you can still nominate up to that date in the Best New Blog/Vlog and Most Sadly Missed Blog/Vlog categories by clicking here and leaving a comment. For the #Twentalhealthawards, the categories are: Patient Exp...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 7, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Zarathustra Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. TwentalHealthAwards Source Type: blogs

‘A Tale Of My Two Sons’ – the harsh reality of being broke in #Britain. #AutumnStatement
How fortunate I am, I have two sons. Actually this year I count myself as especially fortunate because one almost died. My sons are quite nice, Matt is 26 and Kriss is 24.  Both are lucky enough to have secured work in the current economic climate, which should be a relief to me as their Mum, but alas this is not always how it plays out. This is the true story of a year in the life of my two sons. It’s great when you can find a job that you like, and which pays you a reasonable wage. Matt has a great job, he’s not a uni grad or powerful business man, he works outside in a leisure park, it’s what he loves...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 6, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Housing Benefit Retained Firefighter Source Type: blogs

Osborne's Autumn Statement in a nutshell: old people are too expensive.
Reblogged from Pride's Purge: (not satire - it's Gideon!) Here's George Osborne's Autumn Statement in a nutshell so you don't have to read all the boring, predictable details: All you old, poor and disabled people are still costing us far too much, so we're just going to have to punish you even more now. Don't blame me, it's Gordon Brown's fault for causing the global economic recession. Read more… 236 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

John Woodcock MP talks about his experiences with #depression. #MentalHealth
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2013/dec/04/john-woodcock-mp-depressed-decided-get-helpFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#Devon Partnership Trust’s #MentalHealth services to be in the first five new regime inspections. #ukmh
The chief inspector of hospitals has acknowledged plans to inspect mental health services are behind the acute sector but has said he is determined to achieve “parity of inspection”…. The first five organisations to be inspected under the new regime will be Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Devon Partnership Trust, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust, South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust and Solent Trust http://www.lgcplus.com/briefings/joint-working/health/mental-health-inspection-blueprint-unveiled/5065984.articleFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Tra la la, la la la la.. choir singing improves #MentalHealth
There is a growing body of evidence which claims that singing as part of a group can have a range of health benefits… http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10496056/Choir-singing-boosts-your-mental-health.htmlFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The Maccas Project raising awareness of #psychosis in young men. #MentalHealth
Parents set up The Maccas Project to raise issues of mental health in memory of 19-year-old Thomas McCauley… http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Parents-set-charity-memory-19-year-old-Thomas/story-20262049-detail/story.htmlFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Tagged: Maccas Project, Thomas McCauley... (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Maccas Project Thomas McCauley... Source Type: blogs

‘How mothers with #mentalhealth issues are forced to give up their children’ #ukmh
The case of a woman whose baby was forcibly removed has caused outrage this week. But her story is far from unique… http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/02/mothers-mental-health-issues-give-up-childrenFiled under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Over 1,000 supporters for campaign to defend #MentalHealth services in #Norfolk areas #ukmh
Organisers spoke of their delight after hundreds of workers, patients, carers and members of the public attended the first meeting of the Campaign to Defend Mental Health Services in Norfolk and Suffolk last Monday and hundreds of people have already joined an online page, which was set up at the weekend. Read more… http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/health/mental_health_campaign_reaches_almost_1_000_supporters_1_3076312Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies. (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 5, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Voice Collective Workshops in December 2013
Reblogged from Far be it from me -: Read more… 8 more words (Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy)
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - December 4, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Quinonostante Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs