"...they have no clue or idea that this is even available"
/There are 17 mental health services in Dundee alone and the lack of knowledge about these services, within communities is shocking.
Read More"...to try and forget the pain that they are facing through their personal lives"
/After doing some research and many discussions within our group, we realised that mental health and suicide was the path that we would take to concentrate on.
Read More"Why is someone’s life less important just because they are born in a certain area?"
/I feel that if the same statistics (on average one a week) where a person is committing suicide was happening in Morningside in Edinburgh or any “affluent” area, the authorities would quickly look for the reasons why..
Read More"Hopelessness is the key factor"
/The cumulative effect of these different forms of poverty sometimes creates the most damaging outcome of generational poverty - and the constant presence of hopelessness.
Read More"...which is having a detrimental effect on their mental health"
/Dundee’s drug problem has grown massively over the past decade. The east side of the city Whitfield, Fintry, Douglas and so forth are the most deprived areas in Dundee.
Read More"I’ve learnt so many things with doing this course..."
/We have had many invites onto other panels to voice our opinions in regards to mental health in our communities. We are being listened too, valued members of the public.
Read More"The learning opportunities that have arisen from doing the play through HIIC have been phenomenal."
/I have sat on the mental health regeneration programme and also have been taking part in the mental health archives at Dundee University looking at how things were 100 years ago…
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