A quarter of people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England, with 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (like anxiety and depression) in any given week, Mind reports. This is often higher during the winter months, as many people are impacted by Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and nearly 40% of participants in research by Mind in 2022 said that their mental health had worsened since the pandemic.
Mental health charity Mind founded Time To Talk Day in 2014, with the aim to increase conversations around mental health. By increasing discussions around mental health issues, where support can be accessed and practises we can adopt to promote mental wellbeing, the charity hopes to break the stigma associated with mental health.
Mental health charity Mind was founded in 1946 and is based in the UK where it runs Time To Talk Day in partnership with the charity Rethink …