Promoting good mental health is as important to society as treating mental illness. Sounds like common sense ?
For more information on what mental health promotion means and what is happening in Herefordshire click here.

One of mental health promotion's most important objectives is to reduce fear and misunderstanding about mental health issues;
because fear and misunderstanding can make mental ill health much worse than it needs to be.

Madness will always be an archetypal human nightmare so separating the nightmare from reality takes a conscious effort. That's what mental health promotion is - a systematic planned effort to change deeply ingrained misconceptions about all aspects of mental illness.

The reward for that effort is the real impact that an open minds can have on the lives of people with mental health problems. Open minds open doors.

With this in mind, herefordshirementalhealth.info plans to compile and publish real life accounts of Herefordshire peoples experiences of mental health issues. You can view the stories HERE.
If you have experienced mental health problems or been affected by somebody elses, we would like to hear your stories.
Please send your story ideally by email to webeditor@herefordshirementalhealth.info or by post to:

Mental Health Web Editor
Victoria House
Eign Street
Hereford
HR4 0AN

Rights to some editorial control of material appearing here are reserved, but no text will be changed or removed without discussion with the author.

Guidelines for Writing:

· It can be about anything.
· Make sure it is respectful of other peoples ethnicity, gender, sexuality etc
· Don't make it too long. (1000 words max).
· Don't make direct reference to people by name without first gaining their permission.
· Anonymous submissions not accepted, although pseudonyms accepted for web publication.

Cant wait to hear from you !!