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Suicidal thoughts - How to cope

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 31/03/2025

This section may help you if you are dealing with suicidal thoughts, feelings, or intentions. It has ideas you can try to help you. It explains how you can stay safe, and how you can get support.

Social inclusion and mental illness - How can I become more connected?

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 31/03/2025

Social inclusion is important for good mental health. This section explains what you can do to be more socially included and who can help you. This information is for adults affected by mental illness in England. It’s also for their carers, friends and relatives and anyone interested in this subject.

Bipolar disorder

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 01/04/2025

This section explains the symptoms of bipolar disorder, treatments and ways to manage the condition.

East Kent IPS Employment Service

Services and Groups |Last updated: 30/10/2024

A free employment support service for any person suffering with any form of mental health condition (diagnosed or undiagnosed) looking for paid employment of 4-hours per week and live in the East Kent areas of Thanet, Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh.

Local authorities and the Community Mental Health Framework - making partnership real

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Local authorities and the Community Mental Health Framework - making partnership real 2021 is a pivotal year for people severely affected by mental illness. Our new briefing outlines the vital role local authorities have to play in the rollout of the landmark Community Mental Health Framework and the benefits of doing so. Click here to download the...

Briefing: Our response to the government’s discussion paper on the upcoming 10-year Mental health and wellbeing plan

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 10/09/2024

In April 2022, the UK government published a discussion paper on a proposed 10 year plan for mental health, alongside a call for evidence with specific questions on the proposal. This document sets out a summary of our response. In General We welcome the cross-government approach to the upcoming Mental Health and Wellbeing plan. This approach recognises...

Open letter to Jeremy Hunt, Chancellor of the Exchequer

1 min read |Last updated: 28/10/2022

We are facing a crisis in the nation’s mental health which the NHS alone cannot address on existing, let alone, reduced funding - no matter how dedicated and innovative its staff are. The Mental Health Policy Group, plus some of our wider sector partners, have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer ahead of 17 November budget statement. We have...

Mental Health Policy Group: 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 10/09/2024

Mental Health Policy Group: 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review The below submission to Comprehensive Spending Review sets out the priorities of Rethink Mental Illness and members of the Mental Health Policy Group. It covers several areas, notably capital investment in mental health services and in the social care and community services people severely...

Mental health rehabilitation must be transformed so most vulnerable are no longer invisible in the system

1 min read |Last updated: 25/02/2020

Patients with the most severe and enduring mental health problems are effectively “invisible” in the health care system, reveals a new report published by Rethink Mental Illness and the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych). The report, In sight and in mind, shows that this is caused by a lack of national standards in mental health rehabilitation...

NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan: The positives and negatives

Last updated: 08/12/2023

Local authorities and the Long Term Plan briefing - November 2020

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Local authorities and the NHS Long Term Plan Our mission at Rethink Mental Illness is to improve the lives of people severely affected by mental illness and their carers. We do this as an active member of the Association of Mental Health Providers, working with other organisations who provide similar support. 2021 has the potential to be a transformative...

Rethink Mental Illness STP Guide

1 min read |Last updated: 10/09/2024

Thinking differently: A ‘first steps’ guide for transforming community mental health Rethink Mental Illness’ guide is designed to support STPs/ICSs to take the first steps needed to transform community mental health care. The NHS Long Term Plan sets out a transformative vision for community-based support for people living with moderate to severe mental...

2020 Resources and Reports

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2025

2020 Resources and Reports Managing a healthy weight in secure services Every Recovery and Outcomes Group has an engaging agenda that includes presentations by people living in services together with staff, and interactive discussions to maximise participation and involvement in key agenda items. In September/October 2019, for example, groups were...

2003-2019 Resources and Reports

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 19/03/2025

2003 - 2019 Resources and Reports 2019 General election 2019 manifesto: We've waiting long enough - it's time for a fair mental health system Read our general election manifesto which outlines the three key issues we believe the next government must address for people severely affected by mental illness - these are creating a cross-government mental...

The trouble with the stigma around mental illness

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 24/09/2024

The trouble with the stigma around mental illness Let’s be clear. The stigma around mental illness can destroy people’s lives and have deadly consequences. Stigma is a negative attitude someone holds about a person, or a group, for a particular reason. It comes from a lack of understanding, and people often fear what they don’t understand. 1 in 4 people...

Here's what change we need to improve LGBT+ mental health

Last updated: 31/05/2024

Community Mental Health Framework research

1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Getting started: lessons from the first year of implementing the Community Mental Health Framework Rethink Mental Illness's new report explores key learning from the first full year of implementation of NHS England's Community Mental Health Framework. We believe that the creation of the Framework, and more recently the introduction of Integrated Care...

STP Guide second edition

1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Keep thinking differently Rethink Mental Illness’s second guide for STPs/ICSs to continue their journey of community mental health transformation. As you will know, transformation funding, designed to support stakeholders to realise the radical vision set out within the NHS Long Term Plan and Community Mental Health Framework entered the system from...

The ups and downs of the latest NHS planning guidance

Last updated: 06/02/2025

Severe Mental illness and Covid 19: Service support and digital solutions

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 10/02/2025

Severe Mental illness & Covid 19: Service support and digital solutions Report published 17 June 2020 by Jonathan Moore. This briefing shares the insights that Rethink Mental Illness has gleaned on service support and digital solutions during the pandemic. Some of these insights are based on online research we have conducted with service users,...

Ensuring uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among people with severe mental illness

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 20/06/2023

Ensuring uptake of COVID-19 vaccinations among people with severe mental illness – barriers, enablers and recommendations. 1. Introduction The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has placed people with severe mental illness (defined in this case as “Individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, or any mental illness that causes...

Covid-19 and support in the community

Campaigns and policy |1 min read |Last updated: 10/02/2025

Severe Mental illness & Covid 19: Service support and digital solutions Report published 17 June 2020 by Jonathan Moore. This briefing shares the insights that Rethink Mental Illness has gleaned on service support and digital solutions during the pandemic. Some of these insights are based on online research we have conducted with service users,...

Treatment for PTSD

Advice and information |1 min read |Last updated: 22/01/2025

Treatment for PTSD Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is mainly treated with talking therapies, medication, or a mixture of both. NICE make recommendation to the NHS about what treatment should be offered to patients for different conditions. NICE stands for National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. You can read the full NICE guidelines...

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