London Road Regeneration

The Open Market area in Brighton is part of London Road Regeneration…more and the original market was established by returning WW1 serviceman The market is run as a social enterprise and the 12 studio workshops include ‘Open Arts’ that provides therapeutic support and social enterprise opportunities to people with Asperger’s, Autism and Learning Disabilities through […]

“Mental Health Services in England are a Car Crash”

Under resourced, under funded, you could say…under valued. You could also say, familys who are part of this picture, fall into the same category of being undervalued and forgotten. One of those funny things in life.. until you are personally effected, you wouldnt reallise, how bad it can be. You probably wouldn’t even think about […]

Nutrition and Natural Healing

Little while ago went to an event given by Patrick Holford looking for information how better nutrition can help to get your mind and body healthier. Found it interesting the discussion about possible link between problems in the gut like Crohn’s Disease and Autism. Bought a book – Natural Healing for Schizophrenia and other common mental disorders by Eva […]

Strategy

Strategies – ‘taking care of yourself, keep busy, avoid triggers, don’t believe what voices say, use selective listening, support networks and celebrate each time you take control.’ Research shows 3-10% of people hear voices increasing up to 75% one off experiences. Voice hearers throughout history have included many influential people: religious prophets, doctors and psychologists, […]