{"id":15445,"date":"2016-02-04T18:52:52","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swhype.com\/?p=15445"},"modified":"2016-02-04T18:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T18:57:06","slug":"we-need-to-talk-about-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swhype.com\/video-production-agency\/we-need-to-talk-about-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need to Talk about Mental Health"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1\/1″][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”in_container” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3\/4″][vc_video link=”https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BFPvtthKmic”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ el_class=”left-column” width=”1\/4″][vc_column_text]\n
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VIDEO: 6 people talk about how a simple act such as listening can make a big difference to people facing mental health problems<\/i><\/h6>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”10″][vc_column_text]\n
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”There’s this stigma attached to not only mental health but how we approach talking about mental health”<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”10″][vc_column_text]\n
\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Today is Time To Talk Day<\/strong> (Feb 4th 2016) \u2013 aiming to get the nation talking about mental health.<\/p>\n

Time to Change<\/em>\u00a0is England’s first and biggest campaign to motivate and engage people in an open conversation about mental health \u2013 with the aim to stop discrimination and\u00a0change behaviour towards people facing these problems.<\/p>\n

Led by Mind<\/a> & Rethink Mental Illness<\/a> and funded by the Department of Health<\/a>, Comic Relief<\/a> & The Big Lottery Fund<\/a>, the mental health anti-stigma programme started in 2007.\u00a0They work with children, young people and adults, focusing on the workplace – through the employer pledge<\/a> initiative – as well as on black and minority ethnic communities.<\/p>\n

In a recent survey<\/a> Time to Change<\/em> found that more than 7000 people with mental health problems are experiencing feelings of isolation, worthlessness & shame because of the stigma and discrimination they have faced. A significant 60% of them mentioned that they felt better and relieved after they started talking\u00a0about it.<\/p>\n

Since 2009, Time to Change<\/em> has run several awareness campaigns through various media channels. They have\u00a0helped to raise awareness of this ‘elephant in the room’ and contributed small changes\u00a0in\u00a0how people with mental health issues are treated.<\/p>\n

Last year’s\u00a0campaign, #SmallThings launched an on-line platform<\/a> where campaign supporters can share the small things that\u00a0might help these people feel better and happier.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here’s another anti-stigma campaign – released in 2012 aimed at\u00a0young people affected by mental health problems\u00a0in the West Midlands.<\/p>\n