TSHP279: World Mental Health Day

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October 10th is World Mental Health Day. It feels as though mental health is only just starting to be discussed openly and honestly. It’s hard to quantify just how big of a problem poor mental health is but, with 800,000 suicides globally each year then it’s safe to say we’ve got our work cut out. Step 1 is to talk, so let’s have a go…

Enjoy the show and take care, it’s The Self Help Podcast!

• Sean has written a blog post to accompany this episode
• A bit about the day courtesy of the WHO
• … and a bit more UK focus
• The scale of the challenge we face re. suicide
• Stats on suicide levels in the UK
• UK appoints it’s first ‘suicide prevention minister’
• We recorded this weeks show on our new camera… a test run!

• Sean gave a shout out to The Happy Newspaper. Get it!
• Ed has seen a cracking (and relevant) movie in the past few days

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