Research, events & more in our June newsletter

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June 2023

Holly Jones

Digital & Communications Lead

Dear friend,

Happy Pride Month! I’m the Centre’s Digital & Communications Lead, taking the reins this month to tell you what we’ve been up to in June (and May!) In May, we were at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where we connected with thousands of people around the need to widen access to the mental health boosting benefits of nature. Check out some of our highlights in this video ([link removed]) .

We also published new research ([link removed]) with Kidney Research UK on the mental health challenges of life with kidney disease. The report includes moving testimony from people living with the disease and really builds the case for improving the support they can access.

This Pride Month, the clamour to limit the rights and freedoms of trans people has been increasingly hard to tune out. We should all be deeply concerned about the impact this is having on many people’s mental health. Our new writer in residence, Andrew K Kauffmann, has written an important new piece ([link removed]) unpacking the harm this rhetoric is doing – a must read.

According to Stonewall, bisexual people, like myself, and trans and non-binary people experience some of the highest rates of mental health difficulties. Transphobia and biphobia, within the queer community as well as beyond, undoubtedly contribute to this. As Andrew highlights in his piece, solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community is essential to the fight for equality in mental health.
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Addressing the mental health challenges of life with kidney disease

Kidney disease is a risk factor for poor mental wellbeing, and poor mental wellbeing is a risk factor for worse outcomes for people with kidney disease.

We spoke with people living with kidney disease, their family members, and professionals in kidney services, about their experiences and how we can improve the current model of care.
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We’re delighted to introduce Andrew K Kauffmann as our new writer in residence!

In his latest piece ([link removed]) , Andrew unpacks the harmful impact of transphobic rhetoric on trans people's mental health and calls for solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community. His first ([link removed]) is a reflection on making sense of life through the prism of new fatherhood, living with OCD, and in the aftermath of a global pandemic.
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Festival of Ideas: Mental health services

13 July | 12PM - 1PM

Mental health services have changed immeasurably since the NHS began 75 years ago. But so much still needs to change. Where do we begin?

Come along to our Festival of Ideas event to explore how services could meet everyone’s needs more effectively, humanely & equitably.
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Thea is joined by Charlotte Rainer and Daisy to unpack the polarised discourse around mental health and behaviour management in schools, with findings from new research by the Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition.
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We had an amazing time at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, where we shared our message of equality in mental health with thousands of people.

Check out our highlights of the week ([link removed])
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Join Centre for Mental Health’s call to prioritise mental health equality and prevention ([link removed])

by Ed Davie
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The mental health implications of the Illegal Migration Bill ([link removed])

by Dr Lucia Chaplin
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Counting the cost of health inequality: new data on premature mortality among people with a mental illness in England ([link removed])

by Andy Bell
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* Young people in grassroots sport call for more support during injury ([link removed])
* Sustainable solution needed to protect people in mental health crisis, says Centre for Mental Health ([link removed])
* Mental health impact on kidney disease patients revealed as new report calls for urgent change to services ([link removed])

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