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Journalists are welcome to contact the press office on 020 8522 1743, or out of hours, on 07850 788 514. Email press@mind.org.uk. The press office is only able to deal with enquiries from the media. Other callers are asked to contact the MindinfoLine on 0845 766 0163.

For media enquiries in Wales, please contact Mind Cymru on 029 2039 5123 or 029 2034 6575.

The anti-stigma body, Shift, has a detailed guide for journalists on reporting mental health issues, including suicide.

Shift also has information for the public on how to respond to media coverage of mental health issues.

The Mind website has information and statistics on mental health issues. If you are looking for mental health related images you may like to try the Wellcome Trust medical photographic library.

Mind journalism awards

Find out about our Journalist of the Year and Student Journalist of the Year awards.

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For older press releases, please see the press archive.

21/11/2008The human cost of recession
03/11/2008Government delays put patients at risk
30/10/2008Mental health charity shops have music in Mind
26/10/2008Employers must work on mental health
21/10/2008A vision for mental health in the future
21/10/2008Charities join forces to amplify voices of people with mental health problems
09/10/2008Olympian Phillips Idowu, Joe McGann and Sophie Anderton join thousands to Get Moving on World Mental Health Day
07/10/2008BBC Radio 4 mental health special
03/10/2008Get Moving for mental health
18/09/2008Ecominds offers pots of Big Lottery Fund cash to local environmental projects
10/09/2008Mind comments on Healthcare Commission Community Mental Health Survey
09/09/2008Mind calls for an end to using police cells as a place of safety
09/09/2008Mind comments on research into rates of escape from secure hospitals
05/09/2008Moving People is changing its name to 'Time to Change'
24/07/2008Long waiting times for psychological therapies harmful, says mental health report
23/07/2008Healthcare Commission reveals the extent to which acute mental health wards are failing patients
22/07/2008Mind comments on welfare reform Green Paper
15/07/2008MPs forced to hide mental health problems
30/06/2008Mind comments on the Darzi Review
27/06/2008Mind comments on the Government's new Equality Bill
19/06/2008Do you want to influence mental health policy in England?
03/06/2008Mind comments on the Government's new strategy for volunteers
28/05/2008Mind welcomes King's Fund report on mental health
20/05/2008Mind thanks Positive Weather Solutions
15/05/2008Sunday Express editor Martin Townsend wins Mind Book of the Year Award 2008
15/05/2008Mary O'Hara crowned Mind's Journalist of the Year 2008
15/05/2008Dr Liz Miller announced as Mind Champion of the Year 2008
13/05/2008Martin Lewis leads piggy banks on parade to launch Mind's debt campaign
11/05/2008Return of the Great Depression causing great depression
08/05/2008Mind comments on new public attitudes survey
25/04/2008New survey shows worrying increase in self-harm
23/04/2008Mind Journalist of the Year Award 2008 shortlist announced
21/04/2008Mind Champion of the Year Award 2008 shortlist announced
18/04/2008Mind praises groundbreaking documentary opening eyes and ears to hearing voices
08/04/2008Money does grow on trees for Mind
20/03/2008Mind Awards 2008: Book of the Year shortlist announced
13/03/2008Journalism award nominations close Friday 11 April
06/03/2008Public must be able to have trust in medicines
08/02/2008New psychotherapy services cannot arrive fast enough
07/02/2008New health and social care complaints system does not go far enough
04/02/2008Mind comments on Healthcare Commission investigations report
30/01/2008Mind comments on a new report that shows patients are living in fear
10/01/2008The price of Christmas on your mental health
28/12/2007In the red and feeling blue: FSA awards Mind £95k to tackle debt worries
17/12/2007Mind comments on the closure of Henderson Hospital
13/12/2007Is 'Ready for work' up to the job?
06/12/2007Mind comments on shocking true picture of mixed-sex wards and racial discrimination in NHS
05/12/2007Positive Weather Solutions shine a light on Mind
05/12/2007Mental healthcare in 2007: a bleak picture?
29/11/2007Mind reveals alarming levels of disability hate crime
23/11/2007Mind comments on boost to war veterans mental health care
20/11/2007Mind comments on the new incapacity benefit test
10/10/2007Charities welcome major boost for psychological therapies in England
10/10/2007Mind Comments on the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review
09/10/2007Black and Minority Ethnic leaders call for service reconfiguration and training to end racism in the NHS
04/10/2007Mind comments on Lord Darzi report
30/09/2007Mind comments on new Mental Capacity Act
07/09/2007Mind comments on new WHO World Health Survey on depression
05/09/2007Janet Dean MP addresses mental health needs at Mind's Rural Conference
02/09/2007Mind responds to Healthcare Commission report into community mental health services
31/08/2007New booklet to open young minds
13/08/2007Mind comments on Age Concern inquiry into mental health and wellbeing in later life
06/08/2007Mental Health Alliance gives final verdict on 2007 Mental Health Act
02/08/2007How to Mind your money


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