In the run up to World Mental Health Day Time to Change, England’s biggest mental health anti-stigma programme, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, comments on The Sunday Times columnist India Knight’s piece, which discusses celebrities speaking out about their mental health problems.
Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change, the anti-stigma programme run by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, said:
BAFTA winning Danny Brocklehurst, co-writer of Accused and Shameless is helping to launch a new training film to support journalists, TV producers and scriptwriters to portray mental health problems accurately and sensitively.
Responding to reports that QPR midfielder Samba Diakite has been granted leave of absence while he deals with depression, Director of Time to Change (the anti-stigma programme run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness) Sue Baker says:
“If Samba Diakite is experiencing depression as the reports say, then it is hugely encouraging to see a Premier League player with mental health problems being supported by his club – it shows how much the world of football has changed over recent years in its response to mental health.
Making an appearance at this year’s multi-cultural Leicester Caribbean Carnival was a ‘pop-up village’ with a difference thanks to Time to Change, England’s biggest mental health anti-stigma campaign, run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness.
Visitors were treated to the usual eclectic mix of street performers, music and floats, as well as the Time to Change Village, which was staffed by volunteers with mental health problems including some from the Caribbean community.
