Highlighting mental health issues
A couple of mental health champions paid a visit to Perth prison last week as part of a UK wide tour in support of Time to Talk day.
See Me champions Karen Lally and Suzanne Baines visited the region on Thursday, February 7 to speak to prison staff and inmates who had created a mental health support group.
Time to Talk day is being led in Scotland by See Me, which is a programme that hopes to end mental health discrimination and aims to get people all over the UK start meaningful conversations on mental health.
Calum Irving, See Me director, said:“Less than half of us feel comfortable speaking about our mental health, especially when we’re struggling. The fear of being judged, or even discriminated against in work, at school, or when asking for help, stops people reaching out.
“But conversations have the power to change lives, however they take place, whether face to face, over the phone, or on social media using #TimeToTalk.”
New research has revealed that Scots are more comfortable speaking to their friends and family about their mental health than those in the rest of the UK.
The survey of over 5000 UK adults was released for Time to Talk day, along with a call from Scottish Game of Thrones actor Daniel Portman for people to reach out and support each other.
Despite Scots being more comfortable speaking to their friends and family about their
See Me champions Karen Lally and Suzanne Baines mental health than the rest of the average Scottish person has 878 UK, still less than half (42 per cent) friends on social media, but over a would actually be willing to do quarter of us wouldn’t be able to this, compared to 36 per cent call upon any more than one of across the UK. The survey also those if we were struggling with looked at social media, finding an our mental health.