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LATEST ISSUE: Summer 2021

Past newsletters:

October-December 2018

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Lee blog

Lee cares for her son who lives with schizophrenia. She is keen to share her powerful personal story to illustrate the reality of caring for someone with serious mental illness and to increase awareness of the condition, which affects 1 in 100 of adults in their lifetime.
Practitioners (Suicide Bereavement Support) Highland
Employability Services Project Worker, Dumfries
Outreach Support Workers, Tayside

Social Prescribing critical to Scotland's Covid-19 recovery amid growing mental health concerns

A report from Support in Mind Scotland and the RSE (Royal Society of Edinburgh) has found that non-medical approaches to healthcare could relieve pressure on public services in the wake of the Covid pandemic
One in a Hundred

Video - One in a Hundred is based on a child’s perception within a family where a parent lives with schizophrenia.
New Carers Leaflets in partnership with Carers Trust

Support in Mind Scotland and Carers Trust Scotland have together published a new leaflet of questions to help carers across the country.
Well Connected Communities Report

Research undertaken in Dumfries and Galloway, West Lothian, Ayrshire, Argyll & Bute and the Western Isles, looking at a community approach to mental health and wellbeing.
Family and Friends Information Pack

View and download content developed by SiMS and Forensic Network
Well Connected Communities report launched by SiMS and Rural Forum

New research highlights importance of safe places for people to engage and feel part of their community.
1 in 100 report: Living with schizophrenia and psychosis in Scotland

View the findings of Support in Mind Scotland’s “Living with Schizophrenia” survey published April 2015
Psychosis, Rights and Recovery

Psychosis, Rights and Recovery – Tackling the Health Inequalities faced by people living with Schizophrenia and Psychosis is our free seminar on 25th June 2015. Amanda Larkin, University of Edinburgh, will present the findings of our Scottish Schizophrenia Survey. This will be followed by guest speakers and discussion.
Hearing Voices leaflets

A series of 4 leaflets with coping strategies to help people who experience voices and other sensory disturbances, and those who support them. Also information for the wider population towards addressing stigma by understanding what it can be like.
Exploring family carer involvement in Forensic Mental Health Services

Study exploring family carer involvement in Forensic Mental Health Services in Scotland