Mental Health Awareness Week 2017
Mental Health Awareness Week takes place between the 8th and 14th of May and this year it asks - are you surviving or thriving?
Lead articles
Young people with a connection to mental illness give feedback on MQ-funded research
Our Young People's Advisory Group met to give their invaluable feedback on research we're funding.
MQ-funded researchers create 3D brain circuits ‘in a dish’, providing a pioneering new way to understand the brain and mental illness
MQ-funded scientists have discovered a groundbreaking new way to understand the brain by creating 3D functioning brain circuits.
I refuse to see my OCD as a weakness
Trauma and grief were the triggers for Charlotte's OCD. She tells us how she manages the 'monster in my mind' and why she refuses to see it as a weakness.
Cross-party MPs swear to take on mental illness
Over 50 MPs have joined us in swearing to take on mental illness - they tell us why they're supporting mental health research.
"My son simply should not have died" - Steve's story
Steve Mallen's own personal journey in mental health began standing next to his son's coffin, who devastatingly died by suicide. He's demanding a shift in attitudes towards mental health research so others don't have to face the same tragedy.
"I don't want other children to suffer like I did" - Why Flo's joining Dare to Swear
Flo describes why her own experiences of mental health lead her to helping to fund "vital" research with a Dare to Swear challenge.
World Health Day 2017: Let's talk about depression
This year's World Health Day focuses on depression - now the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide. Find out how research can transform this condition.