Every year, one in four of us will experience a mental health problem.
But hundreds of thousands of people are still struggling to get the support they need. Still unable to access the services that could change their life. Still facing prejudice and misunderstanding. Read More
SANE is a UK-wide charity working to improve quality of life for people affected by mental illness. SANE was established in 1986 following the overwhelming public response to a series of articles published in The Times entitled The Forgotten Illness.
Written by the charity’s founder and Chief Executive, Marjorie Wallace, the articles exposed the neglect of people suffering from mental illness and the poverty of services and information for individuals and families. Read More
The Charlie Waller Memorial Trust was set up in 1998 in memory of Charlie who committed suicide whilst suffering from depression. His family and friends formed the Trust with the following aims: to raise awareness of depression as an illness; to raise awareness of the symptoms of depression so that people would recognise them and particularly recognise them in others; to reduce the stigma attached to seeking help; to ensure help was available when needed. Read More
The Fund sets out to achieve this by: (1) Raising funds; (2) Promoting and carrying out research; (3) Building awareness and sharing information; (4) Improving policy and practice and; (5) Providing support to those affected by depression and their families and friends. Read More
The Centre is based in the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry.Professor Keith Hawton is its Director. The overall research programme of the Centre is focused on investigation of the causes, treatment and prevention of suicidal behaviour.
Read MoreThe Centre for Suicide Prevention is a leading UK centre for research into suicidal behaviour. They embrace two major long-term research programmes – both provide crucial evidence to support service and training improvements that increase patient safety, reduce risk and save lives. Read More
David Gunnell and colleagues in SSCM (Jenny Donovan, Chris Metcalfe, John Potokar, Will Hollingworth, Richard Huxtable) have been awarded £1,765,660 for a new NIHR Programme of suicide prevention research.
The research is a collaboration between the University of Bristol, AWP Mental Health Trust and research colleagues at the Universities of Oxford, Manchester and Stirling. Read More
Depression Alliance can assist people affected by depression. For a full information pack please email your name and address to.
The following are just some of the many ways they can help:
The campaign against living miserably (CALM) is dedicated to reducing male suicide in the UK, which is the single biggest killer of men aged 20-49 in the UK (ONS 2012). In 2012 male suicide accounted for 77% of all suicides in the UK. Read More
The Suicide and Self-harm Research Group is led by Dr Christabel Owens (http://www.pcmd.ac.uk/
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