How You Can Use Goals to Move Forward in Life
By setting goals for the New Year, with the help of Move Mood, you can lift the weight of low mood, and move forwards with direction and purpose.
‘Mental Health For All’ on World Mental Health Day!
Happy World Mental Health Day from stem4! With this year’s theme being ‘Mental Health for All’, we’ve decided to focus on (and celebrate) LGBTQ+ & BAME mental health, because we cannot have ‘mental health for all’ without mental health for the communities most vulnerable to mental ill-health.
Being Kind to Ourselves and Others
Learning about compassion takes far more than a lesson or a talk in a school. It needs to be modelled and embedded into the ethos of our society and we can do this by starting with some basic steps:
Prevention: The New Holy Grail of Treating Mental Illness – A Response
In response to Mark Rice-Oxley’s article Prevention: The new Holy Grail of Mental Illness in the Guardian on the 8th June.
The Mental Health Needs of Girls and Women
New data from NHS Digital released towards the end of last year indicated that young women are the highest risk group in England for mental health problems.
Head Ed – A stem4 Initiative in ‘Prevention Through Education’
By Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and CEO stem4 The health, social and economic consequences of poor mental health are substantial. 10% of children and young people aged 5-16 have significant mental health difficulties (Public Health England, 2016) with this number increasing to 1 in 4 in adults (Mental Health Taskforce,
World Mental Health Day Visit to 10 Downing Street
By Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and CEO stem4 I was honoured, as a ‘Points of Light Award’ winner to be invited to 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister on World Mental Health Day 10th October this year. It was a warm and sunny day and the beauty of London was
World Mental Health Day 2018
By Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and CEO stem4 ‘Young People and Mental Health in a changing world’ is the theme of today’s World Mental Health Day. It is a day, initiated by the World Health Organisation to raise awareness, get people talking and connected and to challenge stigma. Young people of
Suicide Prevention Day
By Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and CEO stem4 Suicide Prevention Day is important because it’s a day to be reminded of or to learn what steps can be taken to mitigate the devastating loss of life. Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in young people, particularly young men
A Comment on the Government’s Recently Published Green Paper on ‘Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision’
By Dr Nihara Krause, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Founder and CEO stem4 The government’s recent proposal to improve children and young people’s mental health services is a very positive step. The Green Paper emphasises the importance of early intervention and ease of access to prompt care. This provides a very welcome and essential emphasis.