Surviving or thriving? –Mental Health Awareness Week
Inverclyde residents are being reminded that good mental health is more than the absence of a mental health problem.
During this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, 8th to 14th May, Inverclyde Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is going to look at mental health from an alternative angle.
Rather than ask why so many people are living with mental health problems, the HSCP will seek to uncover why too few of us are thriving with good mental health. With people struggling to cope with the demands of life and stuck on getting through the day, they will explore:
How many of us are surviving or thriving, and the difference between the two; why some communities are under strain and what government can do to support them to thrive and what steps we can take to look after our mental health, building resilience to cope with the demands of life.
Throughout the week, mainly via Twitter, Inverclyde HSCP will also highlight personal stories of people who are surviving or thriving.
You can help spark a national conversation about whether you are surviving or thriving and what we can be done to bring about change and everyone in Inverclyde is encouraged to take part in this campaign, using the social media hashtag #MHAW17.
Inverclyde HSCP has a suicide prevention/mental health improvement plan called ‘Making Well-being Matter in Inverclyde’.
The Scottish Government recently published its 10-year vision for Scotland’s mental health – see http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2017/03/1750