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Blogs from the NCMH team and various guest authors, all on the theme of mental health.

Banishing the myth of Blue Monday

Eating disorders: coping at Christmas

Bali: the power of positivity

Discovery of the first common genetic risk factors for ADHD

New international guidelines on treating PTSD

JAMMIND: As it happened

Stress Awareness Week 2018

Bonfire night and PTSD

Representing the Mind

Public Involvement accolade for NCMH-PÂR

Shining a spotlight on autism in adults

World Mental Health Day 2018

Understanding sleep problems

Piece of Mind sleep special

JAMMIND: Mental health in gaming

More than a hobby: Photography

Training the brain to treat depression

Mental health stigma and ECT

New mums face gaps in vital specialist mental health services

PTSD: detecting hidden trauma

Having a severe mental illness often means dying before your time

Mapping progress in maternal mental health services

Battling Anorexia

Guided self-help: a new treatment in PTSD?

Take a shot at stigma!

Study finds increased risk of unnatural death to people with epilepsy

Why is ADHD More Common in Boys Than Girls?

Interpreting mental health

Express Yourself 2018

International Women’s Day

A Café Full of Science

Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Jordan

Phobia charity opens first support group in Wales

Having to hide who I was affected my mental health

#BeingOurselves: Children’s Mental Health Week 2018

Have you experienced self-harm?

Celebrating 10,000 participants

Making Monday less blue

Solving the cognitive puzzle of mental health

Piece of Mind – a podcast on mental health and psychiatry

Submissions open for Express Yourself Exhibition 2018!

STAR award for former Project SEARCH intern

Mental health at Christmas: Loneliness

Social media and mental health

Alcohol Awareness Week

New report highlights lack of services for people with ADHD

What is stress and what can we do about it?

Parenting a child with ADHD

More Good Days Than Bad

Spotting The Signs

ADHD – you thought you knew what it stood for?

The good, the bad and the misunderstood

Dylan’s story

Cardiff City and Met Korfball Club is #teamNCMH

Cut it out! Pumpkin carving competition

Engage to Change: enhancing employment opportunities for people with a learning disability or autism

Managing my mental health at work

Why we should remember shell shock

My name is Joanne

Me, myself and I – living with mental health gremlins

World Suicide Prevention Day: Let’s keep talking

Mental health at school and university

Life with my demons: what it’s like to have a mental breakdown

Looking after your mental health during the summer holidays

Navigating airports with autism

Spotlight on: Engage to Change

New resource being created for early intervention in psychosis

Perinatal mental health survey launched

New programme to help people with a learning disability better manage their mental health

International Fathers’ Mental Health Day

A carer’s perspective

Initiative launched to promote talking therapies

Have you heard of 22q?

Maternal mental health matters

Getting active for your mental health

10 things that might be making you depressed

Tackling stigma through film

Autism in females: the gender split

Delivering better maternal mental health care: a diagnosis

University Mental Health Day: Express Yourself Art Exhibition

University and mental health: how to prepare for the big transition

The rise of male eating disorders

Writing out PTSD

Ten things you didn’t know about ADHD

We’re hosting an art exhibition!

Keep calm and eat well

Calling participants to sign up for HealthWise Wales study

Depression in older adults

Mindfulness: is it for me?

ADHD Open Day for families a success

EASPD study: more inclusive labour markets will bring economic and social return

Don’t get SAD this winter

New study reveals 28% rise in antidepressant prescribing amongst 6-18 year olds

Monthly support group for young people with bipolar

World Suicide Prevention day: 7 key areas we need to understand

OCD awareness: debunking the myths

NCMH collaborator acknowledged in new report into disability-related out-of-work benefits

Clic – a new online community for people in Wales affected by a mental illness

FREE Inside Out film screening for children and parents

A beginner’s guide to genetic studies

Connect for recovery

NCMH to play key role in £10m learning disability project

Music meets mental health at Lunchtime Live

A woman on a mission

Referee Norling blows whistle on mental health

NCMH provides Eastenders storyline advice

Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Cardiff’s MRC Centre

President’s Medal for Professor Thapar

Honorary Fellowship for Professor Ian Jones

Wynne Evans has a close shave in support of Movember and NCMH

#ResurrectYourMo at the NCMH Movember Launch

Professor Mike Kerr honoured for epilepsy research

NCMH plays key role in leading text book

Scientists identify schizophrenia’s ‘Rosetta Stone’ gene

Our week as mental health researchers

Help APP raise awareness of maternal mental health

£3m funding renewal for NCMH research

Bipolar education programme wins prestigious award

Roundup: It’s a Man Thing

Witches Abroad a sell-out success for Monstrous Productions

Rhythm of the night: sleep and mental health

NCMH raise £231 for Bipolar UK

Poster Success for NCMH

NCMH appoints new Deputy Director

New research finds common ground between mental illnesses

This programme saved my life

Theatre company makes ‘monster’ contribution to research

PlusOne not enough for volunteer Lydia

NCMH contributes to Cardiff University REF success

Communications Officer shortlisted for University’s Excellence Awards

Lancet publishes pregnancy and childbirth mental health series

Professor Anita Thapar awarded prestigious Ruane Prize

Monstrous Productions raise another £2000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK

Research links bipolar disorder and physical health problems

Maternal mental health is everyone’s business

Report highlights cost of pregnancy related mental health problems

NCMH sponsored Monstrous Productions aim for third time lucky

Make a difference for Wales on World Mental Health Day

Last Chance Saloon series to air on TV

NCMH Alzheimer’s expert appointed as Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow

NCMH investigator Prof Mike Owen receives knighthood

NCMH screens new mental health documentary

NCMH appoints new Director

NCMH joins rock photographer in mental health films

Bipolar education programme shortlisted for major award

Last Chance Saloon trailer online now

Could you become an NCMH Research Champion?

Drama production raises £2000 for Alzheimer’s research

Study sheds new light on schizophrenia

NCMH launches Welsh language website

NCMH features in mental health film

Over 2000 take part in NCMH research

Theatre company aims for repeat of Alzheimer’s charity success

Open event highlights Alzheimer’s and dementia research

NCMH offers HeadSpace for Cardiff Christmas shoppers

NCMH hosts annual research conference

BRAINTRAIN project aims to develop new treatment techniques

NCMH academic wins psychiatry research prize

NCMH investigator helps uncover Alzheimer’s genes

Together we can beat Mental Illness

Take part in our bipolar education courses

Online programme helps beat bipolar disorder

NCMH Professor begins NISCHR director role

NCMH Alzheimer’s expert appointed new Chief Scientist for Wales

NCMH joins MRC centenary celebrations

RCPsych responds to BBC Panorama on antidepressants and pregnancy

Celebrating success as Wales reaches 10,000 Mental Health First Aiders

Chief Executive for NHS Wales supports NCMH Research

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