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"Twitter has helped me #befrank"

April 21, 2011

Macdog73 is a supporter of Time to Change who has recently been part of the #befrank movement on Twitter, which, prompted by the Time to Change campaign, has seen hundreds of people open up about their mental health problems.  She talks about how Twitter can be a helpful place to share experiences and find support.

Catherine Zeta-Jones - welcome to 'the club'

April 15, 2011

Andrea Woodside"Catherine Zeta-Jones has seemingly joined ‘the club’ - a club to which approximately 1% of the world’s population belongs.  As a member of this almost universally misunderstood guild, I read about Ms Zeta-Jones’ voluntary admission to a mental health facility this week for the treatment of what has been described as Bip

'Button Forest' to challenge stigma and discrimination

April 1, 2011

Try shutting your eyes and imagining a life sized forest constructed out of chicken wire with thousands of brightly coloured buttons as the leaves. It sounds completely mad but we are making it a reality! The Button Forest is an ambitious and unique art intallation project which aims to challenge stigma and discrimination. Each button represents a person who has a mental illness. When people walk through the forest it will be a powerful demonstration that as many as 1 in 4 people will suffer from a mental illness during their life.

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