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Mental Health: Breaking Stigma, Building Support

Discover the scale of mental health problems and their impact on individuals, workplaces, and campuses. Learn about the importance of addressing stigma and discrimination and explore key plans and initiatives to promote understanding and support. Join the movement for change!

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Mental Health: Breaking Stigma, Building Support

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  1. 1 in 4 adults will experience a mental health problem each year 1 in 10 children will experience a mental health problem Approximately half of all lifetime mental illness starts by mid-teens and three quarters by the mid-20s. The scale of mental health problems

  2. Mental health in the workplace • MH will affect 1 in 6 British workers each year (ONS) • 1 in 5 had called in sick due to unmanageable stress.. • …but 93% lied about the reason for their absence • (Mind 2010)

  3. Mental health on campus • 66 per cent (559) of students say they have a mental health problem despite only 0.3 per cent of students declaring a mental health disability on their application form nationwide • 93 per cent (781) of students said they have felt unusually stressed out while at university • 76 per cent (593) put the stress down to personal problems on top of their university work and nearly 50 per cent (380) said the stress came from financial worries. • (Mind 2010)

  4. Why focus on stigma and discrimination? Stigma and discrimination can be life-threatening and life-limiting • 60% of people said that stigma and discrimination are as damaging or more damaging than the symptoms of their mental health problem • 35% of respondents said that stigma had made them give up on their ambitions, hopes and dreams for their life “People’s lack of understanding and unfounded fears can be just as destructive as the mental health problem itself.” Time to Change Facebook fan Source: 2011 survey of 2,700 TTC supporters

  5. Key New Plans (2011-2015) Programme to address stigma amongst children and young people (2 regional pilots) £2.7m grant fund for up to 70 community-led projects to deliver social contact. Strategic work with employers to secure changes to organisational policy and practice Media Engagement - strategic work with media, advice service, online training film Priority BME audience is the African Caribbean community

  6. 100 organisations to have pledged and delivering activity Strategic work to secure changes to organisational policy and practice (50 user-led health-checks of policy and practice) Work with Organisations/Employers

  7. Thank you www.time-to-change.org.uk ttcpledge@time-to-change.org.uk

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