Manchester City Council raises awareness on World Mental Health Day
Manchester City Council has used World Mental Health Day to raise awareness and give some tips to those dealing with
Brits face increased mental health challenges as depression symptoms double during the pandemic
Symptoms of depression were measured using an eight-point Personal Health Questionnaire (PHQ-8) that was issued to the same 3,500 adult patients, both before and during the pandemic.
What exactly is CBD? MM discovers more about the latest craze product
Ever so often new products come on the market, be it fad diets like the Atkins, dance crazes like Gangnam style or toys like the hula hoop. But what is CBD, on everyone’s lips in the past year or so? MM investigates…
International Yoga Day: Downward dog this June 21 at Manchester’s Great Northern
Log out, shut down and find your inner Zen this Friday to celebrate International Yoga Day – here’s MM’s guide to where to chill on June 21.
‘His smile hid so much pain’: The tragic story of how depression claimed the life of a charismatic young veteran
“This is the face of depression.”
Manchester movie-makers producing short film to combat stigma of men’s mental health issues
Two Manchester film-makers are producing a short feature based around the stigma of mental health.
‘We can transform mindsets’: Manchester company ‘bullish’ they can rectify 50 MILLION lost work days a year
A £10million Manchester-based company is to launch new services that aim to transform the likelihoods of sick and injured people and improve the jobless rates of the UK.
‘I’m still figuring it out’: Second memoir and debut novel helping Naomi Jacobs come to terms with trauma
In the final instalment of our trilogy of stories chronicling the amazing life of Naomi Jacobs, she tells us her plans for the future, and the possibility of a move to fiction writing.
‘It’s a crafted image’: Salford academic calls for people with depression to be more cautious with social media
A Salford academic is calling for people with depression to be more cautious about how they use social media.
‘There’s a funny side to losing your memory!’: Naomi Jacobs says Steve Coogan interest takes story to ‘next level’
Last week, we brought you the first of our three part interview with Naomi Jacobs, whose memoir telling the tale of her amnesia was published by Macmillan. This week, she tells us more about the impending film version of her story.
‘I feel blessed that I survived’: Meet the woman whose tragic tale of amnesia and abuse is set for Hollywood
MM talks to Naomi Jacobs, whose remarkable tale of depression, abuse and amnesia is set to be turned into a film by Steve Coogan