Your Voice - a whisper project
http://www.your-voice.org/
Your Voice is a digital platform that allows you to share your story and experience the stories of others ... dedicated to raising awareness about mental health
Our mission is to raise awareness about mental health by showing how many of us struggle and ultimately prevail over the same issues.
We also provide resources for those struggling with mental health issues like Anxiety, Depression, Suicide, Stress, Body Image, Sexuality, Bullying and Sexual Abuse.
Your-Voice Facebook Page
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Anderson Cooper tries a schizophrenia simulator
http://youtu.be/yL9UJVtgPZY
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Shamblesguru's Live Twitter Stream
https://twitter.com/shamblesguru
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Digital technology to support mental health #SecEd
http://bit.ly/10g6XxN
Digital technology to support mental health #SecEd
Dan Sutch discusses how schools might use digital technology to address mental health issues and looks at some exciting new ICT projects currently in development.
From making information more accessible, to helping share and reflect on mood, to finding new routes to support and advice, digital technology can provide incredible ways of supporting young people’s mental health. In addition to these developments, there are some simple steps that can support teachers ...
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Supporting your students' mental health
http://bit.ly/ZNsZEO
Supporting your students' mental health
How can you develop a whole-school approach to supporting your students’ mental health and emotional wellbeing? Mick Atkinson offers some practical advice.
Among those working at the chalkface of secondary education, the need to support pupils’ emotional wellbeing and mental health is widely recognised. This need is highlighted through the following statistics ...
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A New Language for Mental Illness
http://video.mit.edu/watch/a-new-language-for-mental-illness-9633/
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MindMatters
http://www.mindmatters.edu.au/default.asp
MindMatters is a national mental health initiative for secondary schools funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
MindMatters is a resource and professional development program supporting Australian secondary schools in promoting and protecting the mental health, and social and emotional wellbeing of all the members of school communities.
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At-Risk
http://www.gamesforchange.org/play/
At-Risk is an interactive, game-based simulation that aims to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness in order to reduce the number of students with undetected or untreated conditions.
Addressing the fear and stigma of mental illness is one key to preparing university faculty and staff to assist students exhibiting symptoms of mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, and thoughts of suicide.
Games for Change (G4C) is a non-profit which seeks to harness the extraordinary power of video games to address the most pressing issues of our day, including poverty, education, human rights, global conflict and climate change.
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Test your happiness
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/happiness_formula/4785402.stm
Test your happiness
Psychologists say it is possible to measure your happiness.
This test designed by psychologist Professor Ed Diener from the University of Illinois, takes just a minute to complete.
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Human Body and Mind (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/
Human Body and Mind (BBC)
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Dark Side of the Mood
http://www.abc.net.au/health/depression/
Dark Side of the Mood
"I'm so depressed."
The words run easily off our jaded, 21st-century tongues. But how do you know whether that lingering melancholy is genuine depression, or just an everyday dose of the blues? Rae Fry debunks a few myths about depression, and offers tips on how to cope.
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SANE
http://www.sane.org/
SANE Australia is a national charity working for a better life for people affected by mental illness through ....
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Wellness (Mind and Body) : Videos and PowerPoints
http://wellnessvideos.blogspot.com/
The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button
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Touching Minds - Mood Disorder & Depression Support
http://www.touchingminds.org/
Touching Minds
Depression, anxiety and mood disorder support and resource site. Site offerers peer email support, forums, chat rooms, journals, articles, stories database and other interaction areas.
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Health : Lesson Plans
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/health/teachres/lessonplans.shtml
Health : Lesson Plans
Sleep | diseases | grief | violence | mental health | skin |
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The National Institute of Mental Health
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml
USA
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Dr Russell Razzaque's CyberAnalysis Clinic
http://www.cyberanalysis.com/
OnLine psychotheraphy..... but willcost you $ (£)
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The CyberCouch Bookstore
http://www.cybercouch.com/bookstore.html
A guide to self-help books
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