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Essential Characteristics and Components of Primary Care Mental Health Services
We'd like to introduce you to a report we have commissioned which looks at the experiences and feelings of GPs and mental health practitioners.
Download our Essential Characteristics report about professional experiences in mental health in Wales
Although the Essential Characteristics and Components of Primary Care Mental Health Services centres around the experiences of mental health professionals in North Wales we feel the evidence it has produced is applicable across Wales.
The report contains key messages for policy makers as it shows how professionals from widely different backgrounds view the services they work in and how policy can impact on their performance.
It uses scientifically-proven qualitative research techniques and we commissioned the work to look at the key components needed to create an effective primary care service.
The document is not long and we feel it is an extremely valuable read with a useful synopsis of its findings available in Dr Mark Boulter’s (Chair of WaMH in PC) letter.
The report was authored by Helen J. Lewis, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD and Seren Haf Roberts, Dip N (MH), RN (MH), BSc(Hons), PhD, MSc and can viewed and downloaded from the following link - Essential Characteristics and Components of Primary Care Mental Health Services.
Get Your Facts Right About Mental Health
Following our post on Wednesday about the Time to Change Wales camaign to help to dispel the myths about mental illness here's its advert showing why it’s so important to get your facts right about this sensitive issue.
View the ad below or alternatively visit the Time to Change Wales Channel on Youtube at www.youtube.com/user/TTCWales.
Time to Change Wales is led by Mind Cymru, Gofal and Hafal and is a campaign aimed at ending mental health stigma and discrimination within Wales.
Free Mental Health Myths and Facts Booklet
Mental health campaign Time to Change Wales is helping to dispel the myths about mental illness by providing people with the facts mental health issues through a free online booklet.
The booklet is available online in English and Welsh and can be downloaded from the Time to Change Wales website via it's Myths and Facts page.
There are many myths about mental illness and the booklet aims to help by supporting people to have a better understanding of mental health issues.
For example, most people think mental health problems are rare but about one in four (25%) of people across Wales and the UK are affected by mental health issues of one kind or another.
Whether or not you have a mental health problem, Time to Change Wales believes downloading and reading the booklet will help you challenge discrimination by improving your everyday knowledge about mental illness.
The campaign believes you don’t need to be an expert on mental health and simply providing yourself with the tools to have an informed conversation about mental health will help to tackle the stigma surrounding this issue across Wales.
The fact is that you probably know someone with a mental health problem - a friend, family member or colleague - and you can support them by reading the Myths and Facts booklet and providing yourself with the knowledge to dispel the myths surrounding their conditions.
Time to Change Wales is led by Mind Cymru, Gofal and Hafal and is a campaign aimed at ending mental health stigma and discrimination within Wales.
