All About Mental Health

Photo credit:  Wikipedia Welcome to my blog. My name is Mildred and I am a Clinical Psychiatric Nurse Specialist. As a Psychiatric nurse, I have seen the effect of stigma from family, friends and the society on individuals with mental health illness. Sadly, stigma still exists in mental health. The aim of my blog is to  create more awareness around mental health and surely one day we can overcome this stigma attached with mental health. 1 in 4 people in the UK experience some sort of mental health illness each year and worldwide around 792 million people are affected by mental health illness. The society often categorise people with mental health illness as violent and dangerous. Sadly, individuals with severe mental illness are more likely to be the victims of violent crimes rather than the perpetrators. The fact is individuals with mental health illness are dangerous to themselves than to others. Statistics shows 80-90% of individuals who have died by suicide in England are ...