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Ann-Marie D'Arcy Sharpe lives with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder. In this blog, she tells MHT why honesty, trust, communication, boundaries, and humour are so important in keeping her marriage strong even whilst experiencing difficult symptoms. 

From being dismissed by mental health services to receiving an inaccurate diagnosis, the quest for treatment is often riddled with hurdles. Ann-Marie D'Arcy Sharpe, who lives with Bipolar Disorder, tells Mental Health Knowledge how her difficulties in accessing professional support can inform practice. 

Few managed to avoid the social media frenzy that ensued on World Mental Health Day (10th October). But there are lots of us who felt excluded from the World Mental Health Day narrative: be it for reasons such as cultural or religious attitudes, being multiply marginalised, or having no support system to turn to when instructed to talk to someone. The “just talk” narrative seems deceptively accessible.

St George’s Mental Health Trust in South West London have built up an evidence base of the therapeutic value of work over almost two decades.

Michael O'Sullivan, a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, considers why it may be more beneficial to consider what we believe the purpose of worrying is rather than the thing we are worried about itself.