Fiction
Body Image
By Jane Andreoli Body image is a curious thing, thought Clara as she adjusted her weight in the chair. She could classify herself an anorexic, because whenever she looked at herself in a mirror, she [… read more ]
Depression
Culture
A Laughing Matter? Covid, Mental Health and Bo Burnham’s Inside
Over the summer, American comedian Bo Burnham released a Netflix special that spoke to many – including University of Portsmouth student Lucy Nother – about the pandemic, mental illness and the challenges of the digital [… read more ]
News
Chat Over Chai: ‘None of Us Expected Lockdown Would be This Long’ Pt I
How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? This is the first of a two part series where Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Sandra Hall, Chair of Chat Over Chai, a community group to support [… read more ]
Social Issues
Reflecting on World Mental Health Day
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, reflects on World Mental Health Day. The theme this year was ‘Mental Health For All’, and it couldn’t be more relevant at a [… read more ]
Culture
Movement is Medicine for Your Mental Health
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, reports on the benefits of exercise and movement for mental health. ‘Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person’s physical, emotional [… read more ]
News
Migrants, Mental Health and Covid-19
Dianna Djokey reflects on the impact Covid-19 has had on the migrant community as she interviews migrant, mother and wife Ade Qsawe Anthony about how Covid-19 has affected her own, and her family’s, mental health. [… read more ]
Social Issues
Is it Time to Experiment With Change?
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares data from a research study on the effects of Covid-19 and social distancing on the mental health of adults in the UK. [… read more ]
Social Issues
How Do We Manage Covid-19, a Recession and our Mental Health?
We’ve all read about and seen articles about the importance of looking after our mental health during the pandemic, but how do we deal with the financial worries of a recession at the same time? [… read more ]
News
Mental Health and Covid-19: An Online Discussion
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, explores what we know about the impact of Covid-19 on mental health, and invites readers to be part of an online discussion this [… read more ]
Social Issues
Make, Bake and Create for Mental Health
Carolyn Barber of Portsmouth’s Good Mental Health Cooperative, and local researcher and social entrepreneur, shares advice and resources on how to manage your mental health in lockdown. The Coop is running a mental wealth programme throughout August, [… read more ]