It's OK to Talk: A Practical Guide to Mental Health for Men

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Congratulations on the fantastic success of ‘It’s OK to Talk’. With your visits across the country, and viral online videos, you are helping millions of people to talk about mental wellbeing. Maybe you built your bed by yourself, even though the instructions clearly said it was a two-person job. Or perhaps you had to take on the extremely technical task of repairing your computer.

If you listen to a ‘typical’ conversation of a group of men, you might hear discussion about general health or illness; flu and stomach bugs, or even sporting injuries… yet you probably won’t hear talk of mental health. Healthline has strict sourcing guidelines and relies on peer-reviewed studies, academic research institutions, and medical associations. We avoid using tertiary references. You can learn more about how we ensure our content is accurate and current by reading our editorial policy.

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These words of encouragement usually have more weight when you say them aloud rather than simply think them. Hearing something often helps reinforce it, after all. Try: “You’ve put a lot of effort into this. It’s taking a long time, true, but you can definitely get it done. Just keep going a little longer.” Question yourself After months of intensive work, Adrian and Norman Strauss, an outstanding brand strategist, had triumphantly informed the team of senior BT executives that they weren’t really in the telephony business.

Ben’s award comes at the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, one of the largest awareness week campaigns which this year is highlighting how loneliness and social isolation impact on mental health, and how connecting with other people can improve wellbeing. From hugs to a simple ‘hello’, I was inspired to learn of how you are connecting with people in their moment of need.” We're hiring quite a lot of new people at GDS, and that's brilliant because there are so many new brains and new skills and new faces to get to know. Try not to make assumptions. Your perspective might be useful to your friend or family member, but try not to assume that you already know what may have caused their feelings, or what will help.

In Conversation with..." NHS Grampian Chief Executive, Caroline Hiscox is joined by Sneh Banik, Consultant at ARI and NHS Grampian diversity champion, where they discuss the hugely detrimental effects of racism and the challenges it poses us as a healthcare organisation.