Mental Health and You

Specialised support for women leaving the Armed Forces

Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:54:32 GMT

This week Nina and Gay are joined by Vicky, from our Veteran's integrated service who shares a information about what is being done to support female veterans.

Below are articles or links referenced in this episode:

Women veterans to gain greater access as support group grows
NSFT’s support for female veterans is model of best practice in national toolkit
Award-winning and history-making NSFT staff mark Remembrance Day
Learn more about veterans support groups: Get involved | Participation | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS
Learn more about the Armed Forces covenant: Armed Forces Covenant | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS

Contact Vicky by email.

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Tackling isolation and loneliness for older people

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:21:07 GMT

In this episode, Nina and Gay chat to the team at Carlton Court Hospital, near Lowestoft, which is helping to tackle isolation and loneliness for older people, those with dementia, and their carers, including two support groups.

They also find out more about NSFT’s In-reach/Outreach work on the wards and with care homes in the community and what kind of support there is for older people and those with dementia from NSFT’s Recovery College.

Guests are Sarah Nicholls, Safer care practitioner and QI improvement lead, Sean Day, Older People’s Inreach/Outreach, and Sarah Kennard from the Recovery College.

Read the story: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/news/teams-promote-community-support-for-older-people-and-carers-4885

Learn more about the Recovery College: Recovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS

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The Mental Health Music Takeover

Wed, 12 Mar 2025 09:16:00 GMT

Trigger Warning - This podcast contains discussion around the subject of suicide

This week we're joined by members of the Children Families and Young People Participation Group who share their own experiences and how music has supported them through difficult times.

Read more about the Mental Health Music Takeover here: Young people tune in to boost their mental health.

Listen to the Mental Health Music Playlist: Mental Health Music Takeover Playlist - YouTube.

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Think Families and Carers

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:08:33 GMT

This week the Mental Health and You Podcast is joined by Kelly, Julie and Trevor who talk about the Think Families and Carers Listening into Action group at NSFT. They share how they got involved, what the groups achieved and what the next steps could be.

Carers information can be found here Carers | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS.

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Experiences of Participation

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 08:56:47 GMT

Today the group share why they got involved in participation, what their experiences have been like and how you can get involved with Particip8! and participation.

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Shadowing a Chaplain at NSFT

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 15:31:29 GMT

Today we're joined by Julie our Chaplain and Helen who has been shadowing Julie over the last year. Helen shares a bit about what's stood out to her, why her faith is important to her and more.

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The Working on Worries (WoW) project

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 08:14:08 GMT

This episode features a discussion about an innovative project in Norfolk and Waveney involving the local mental health system providing training and support to primary school staff to empower them to offer an early evidence-based intervention for children experiencing problems with anxiety. The project received funding from Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)’s Mental Health Implementation Network.

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Neurodiversity in Women

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 06:53:37 GMT

This week we're joined by women from across NSFT who share their lived experience and professional expertise of neurodiversity in women, sharing experiences of ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and Autism.

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The Recovery College: Autumn and Winter Timetable

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 06:00:47 GMT

Today we're joined by Danny from the Recovery College who shares some more information about our new Autumn and Winter timetable.

If you're interested in learning more about the Recovery College, please visit Recovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Transitions and change for young people leaving school

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 07:42:11 GMT

Today we're joined by Beth, Clinical Psychologist and service users, Grace and Simone, who discuss their experiences of leaving school and change in young people's lives. The group expand on experiences after school and share how changes after effected them during their life.

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The benefits of nature in mental health care

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 07:53:33 GMT

This week we're joined by staff who were a part of our Wedgwood Therapy garden project! The team discuss the journey of creating the garden, some of the benefits they've seen, what makes the garden different to a 'normal' unit and more.

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Mental health and confidence

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 07:00:03 GMT

This week we're joined by Sophie and the Particip8! participation group as they discuss the good and bad effects mental health conditions can have on confidence in day-to-day life, with the group sharing their own personal experiences.

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Leaving the Armed Forces and family

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:19:57 GMT

Today Wayne, our Armed Forces and Veterans Practitioner, is joined by Mike and Claire as they discuss leaving the armed forces and the effect it can have on a family, the struggles when you know you're leaving the Armed Force, the hardest adjustments, the effects on mental health as well as what Armed Forces Day means to them and the importance of coming together to celebrate Armed Forces Day as a community.

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The menopause and mental health

Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:33:28 GMT

This week we're joined by our Women's Network who share their experience of the menopause, how it's effected their mental health, what they've found works for them and more.

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Self-esteem and belonging

Wed, 29 May 2024 07:24:26 GMT

This week we're joined by Particip8!, a participation group run by the Suffolk Children, Families and Young People service within The Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust who discuss what self-esteem is, the effects school can have on self-esteem, the difficulty of comparison and expectations, social media and more.

Self-esteem and Believing in Yourself | Tips and Advice | YoungMinds

Learn more about Particip8! here Get involved | Participation | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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The Hospital Rooms Project

Tue, 14 May 2024 08:01:08 GMT

This week we're joined by our Hospital Rooms project team and service users who talk about our collaborative work with Hospital Rooms, an arts charity focused on mental health. The episode gives a brief background on hospital rooms, shares the experiences of staff and service users within the project, the aims of the collaboration and more!

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Maternal mental health support

Wed, 01 May 2024 07:56:21 GMT

Today we're joined by Kelly and Bernie who talk about the Lotus Unit, in particular the pathways in it, how Bernie as a peer support worker supports you, support groups and additional support the team provide, partnership working with local organisations, the teams referral process, the importance of reaching out and talking to people and more.

Learn more about the service here: Service details | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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The Discovery College at NSFT

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:49:32 GMT

This week we're joined by Hope, our Recovery College (RC) tutor, who shares some information on their upcoming summer timetable, what the Recovery College is and what inspired it, a bit about Hope's role in the RC, some of the new courses that are now available, including the living your best life course, and more.

Listen to the previous episode, focused on how to joining the Recovery College here https://open.spotify.com/episode/21HSofmWKJRmA4boNr5iUJ?si=1TRL8ftjS4a3erchlcAqUw

Discovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Growing the Veteran's support service

Wed, 03 Apr 2024 08:05:45 GMT

Today, Wayne and experts by experience come together to discuss lessons learnt from previous events the group have attended, past experiences, the growth of the veteran support services and what they've learnt since its beginning. They discuss the next steps for the group, the importance of involving everyone, connecting to veterans and their families and more.

Learn more about the national Op COURAGE service here Mental health support for veterans, service leavers and reservists - NHS (www.nhs.uk)

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Safewards at NSFT

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:56:55 GMT

In this episode we’re joined by a range of staff from NSFT and service users who are sharing their lived experience to help our Safewards project.

The episode focuses on the Safewards Quality Improvement (QI) project, in particular: what it is, the model of care and what it means, how it fits into safewards, Safewards intervention measures, why we’re implement safewards, the collaboratives approach and more.

Get involved with QI by emailing: QIteam@nsft.nhs.uk

Learn more about Model of Care by emailing: moc@nsft.nhs.uk

Learn more about the national Safewards project here: safewards-len-bowers.pdf (england.nhs.uk)

See how NSFT is implementing Safewards here: Safewards | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Eating Disorders: Using Lived Experience to help others

Wed, 06 Mar 2024 08:00:31 GMT

This week we're joined by Gemma and Steph who are both Peer Support Workers with Lived Experience of eating disorders.

The pair discuss: eating disorder services provided at NSFT, their own personal experiences of eating disorders, their recovery, the importance of recognising progress in recovery, how they apply their lived experience to their role and more.

Additional resources mentioned are:

BEAT eating disorders - https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/get-help-for-myself/i-need-support-now/helplines/

Eating Matters - https://eatingmatters.org.uk/

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The role of Participation in Recovery

Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:41:35 GMT

This week we've been joined by Andrea and Liv who talk about what's involved in participation, how Liv got involved in participation, how it helped build her confidence and the benefits she's experienced.

Liv shares her journey from service user to participation to a Peer Support Worker at NSFT as well as more information about participation.

Quoted links are below:

Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/participation

Young People's Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/young-peoples-participation

Current opportunities to get involved - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/currentopportunitiestogetinvolved

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Managing Exam Stress

Wed, 07 Feb 2024 08:23:58 GMT

To start the series we're joined by Beth and Linda from the Psychology and schools team as well as Courtney, Grace and James who have joined us to share their experiences of exam stress.

The group talk about 'what is stress?', their experience of exam stress, the 'window of tolerance', how different styles of encouragement can work for different people, what young people have found helpful, working alongside parents and support systems and the importance of parents looking after themselves too.

Watch a parent workshop on exam stress here: Managing Exam Stress - YouTube

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The Stepping Back Safely pilot

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 07:44:08 GMT

Warning - this episode contains discussion on the topic of self-harm and suicide

We're joined by Catherine and Jamie who discuss their new pilot, which is made to support parents and carers whose young people are at risk of suicide or self-harm. If you would like to support the team with the project, contact them on Steppingbacksafely@nsft.nhs.uk

Learn more about the CAIST team here Service details | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Volunteering at NSFT

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:23:36 GMT

Today we're joined by Sarah and Andrea who share a bit about some of the volunteering roles at NSFT, registering your interest for volunteering roles, the support available to our volunteers, why people volunteer a bit more about the volunteering process and more!

Learn more about volunteering: Volunteers | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS

Contact Sarah by emailing: volunteer@nsft.nhs.uk

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Building Resilience: making the most of the holidays

Wed, 09 Aug 2023 07:51:27 GMT

This episode considers what parents and carers can do to support the building of resilience in the holidays. Conversations with Linda Brindle (Senior Psychotherapist) and Dr Kelsey Odgers (Clinical Psychologist) cover the opportunities that come with trying new things, the benefits of peer connection and ways to support children and young people with uncertainty. Consideration is given to how young people can be prepared for change including supporting a child’s return to school after a break.

Sign-up to future Psychology in Schools workshops here: Psychology in Schools Team - NSFT Events | Eventbrite
You can their Building Resilience workshops here: Parent workshops | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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The Researching Together Network

Wed, 26 Jul 2023 05:00:39 GMT

Donna and Kate discuss Kate's new role as a community engagement officer in Research, who our research team works with, how we can all bring research to the local community, future goals and a QandA session on the Researching Together Network.

Contact the team by emailing: Research2gether@nsft.nhs.uk or visit https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/researching-together-network to find out more.

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Leaving the Armed Forces and Mental Health

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:25:19 GMT

*Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion on the subject of suicide*

We’re joined by Wayne, Keith, Dave and Mick who discuss their experiences of transitioning into civilian society, the difficulties this has brought, the support the team provide and the group have accessed, the importance of the NSFT Veteran’s wellbeing group and more.

Information on Op Courage can be viewed here: Service details | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)
Information if you are experiencing a mental health crisis Help in a crisis | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)
Information on the Veteran’s wellbeing support group: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/currentopportunitiestogetinvolved#:~:text=r/HSEfWeW0Sp.-,Veteran%27s%20wellbeing%20support%20group,-Our%20Veteran%27s%20wellbeing

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Disabilities and mental health

Wed, 14 Jun 2023 07:56:47 GMT

This week we're joined by the Particip8 team, who discuss mental health and disability, sharing the effects that different types of disabilities can have on mental health, as well as some misconceptions of how they can affect each other.

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How do parents support their children and teenagers with social media

Wed, 31 May 2023 07:49:30 GMT

Today we're joined by the Psychology in Schools team, as Beth, Emily and Faye discuss social media and mental health and how parents and carers can support their children with the difficult aspects of social media.

Learn more about the team here: Search | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

Look at parent workshops, made by the Psychology in Schools team here: Parent workshops | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Co-production in the Rehabilitation team

Wed, 17 May 2023 07:51:19 GMT

This week, we’re joined by Vicki (AHP Rehab Lead), Annabel (NSFT Service User and volunteer) and Lily-Rose (Annabel’s dog!). The team share the work they're doing together to support service users, REST and more!

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What is people participation?

Wed, 03 May 2023 07:51:25 GMT

Today we're joined by Laura, Andrea and Service User Alistair, who discuss: what is participation? Alistair's experience of participation, how the participation team work, some of the benefits of participation and more.

If you want to get involved with participation at NSFT, simply email people.participation@nsft.nhs.uk or visit https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/participation to find out more.

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Chaplaincy at NSFT

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 13:13:37 GMT

Today, Julie from our Chaplaincy team is joined by Andrea who discuss: what is involved in being a chaplain, what led to Julie joining NSFT and the chaplaincy team, how the chaplains support service users, some information on our multi-faith rooms and more!

Learn more about chaplaincy: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/chaplaincy

Our Switchboard number:01603 421421

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSFTrust

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSFTtweets

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Joining the Recovery College

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 07:34:55 GMT

This week Danny, Hannah, Mark and Rowena come together to share their experiences of the Recovery College, from a students point of view, the journey into Recovery College, what it is, how to sign-up and more!

Visit the Recovery College webpage here: Recovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS

View the available courses here: Browse our Recovery College courses and begin your personal recovery journey

Follow the Recovery College on Social media:

Twitter: NSFT Recovery College (@NSFT_RecoveryC)

Facebook: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

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Being a research nurse at NSFT

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:29:53 GMT

Today we're joined by Donna, Claire and Zoe, who discuss what it's like being a research nurse, sharing a range of interesting insights into what they get up to and more.

Get in contact with the team on:

Facebook: Research NSFT | Facebook

Twitter: NSFT Research (@NSFTresearch)

Or read more on our website Research | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Social media and mental health

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 08:59:55 GMT

Today we're joined by Suffolk Children and Families Participation Group (Particip8), who launch series 4 of the Mental Health and You podcast. The group discuss their personal experiences of social media, how it's effected/effecting their mental health as well as some top tips on how to deal with social media.

Let us know what you thought by contacting us on:

Facebook: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

Twitter: NSFT mental health (@NSFTtweets)

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Living with Anxiety

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 09:58:05 GMT

Today we're joined by members of Particip8 (a group of people with a personal interest in mental health for young people and a passion for improving mental health services) who share their experiences of living with anxiety and ways they've learnt to manage and live with it.

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Peer Tutors' journeys at NSFT

Wed, 30 Nov 2022 08:00:06 GMT

Today we heard the experiences of peer tutors throughout their time at Recovery College from first going to a course, being a volunteer, through to becoming members of staff at NSFT.

Learn more about the Recovery College here https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/recovery-college

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ASPIRE study findings

Wed, 16 Nov 2022 08:00:27 GMT

This week we’re joined by Aoife and Brioney who share the findings of the ASPIRE study. Throughout the episode they’re joined by families and facilitators (voiced by others to protect the anonymity of participants) who share different parts of their experience.

Listen back to previous episodes on the ASPIRE study: Research: ‘Aspirational’ new family project https://shows.acast.com/mental-health-and-you/episodes/research-aspirational-new-family-project and Research: ASPIRE - listening and learning https://shows.acast.com/mental-health-and-you/episodes/research-aspire-2-listening-and-learning

“This project was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) through its Research for Patient Benefit Programme (Grant Reference Number: NIHR201561). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.”

“The co-lead for this project was Prof. Cathy Creswell from the University of Oxford. Other members of the research team included Tina Walker who is a parent/carer with expertise by experience, Dr Clio Berry from Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Dr Tim Lomas based in the USA, and Dr Jon Wilson, Dr Tim Clarke and Isabela Tavares Junqueira from NSFT.”

For more information about ASPIRE, please email Aspire@nsft.nhs.uk

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Sleep and our mental health

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 08:00:58 GMT

This week, Peer Support Workers Rachel and Tim are joined by Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Eleanor for this podcast. They will be discussing sleep and how this can impact our mental health and sharing Peer Support Workers experiences of managing their sleep and their mental health.

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Emotional Based School Avoidance

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:30:33 GMT

This week we’re joined by the Psychology and schools team who are sharing some of the ways we can support young people in attending school as well as the effects it can have on their parent and carers. The episode features service user feedback and experiences.

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Co-designing and setting up a co-produced study - the MINDS study

Wed, 05 Oct 2022 08:14:23 GMT

In this episode Dr Jonathan Wilson and Sarah Rae from the MINDS Study will discuss how they met & how the MINDS Study came about. Get in contact with the team and take part in the MIND study by emailing MINDS.project@nsft.nhs.uk.

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Recovery College - How to tell your story

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 09:23:53 GMT

This week Mark, one of the Peer Tutors at Recovery College, discusses his experience of the ‘How to tell your story course’, from being a student and later tutoring the course in Norwich.

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Participation at NSFT

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 10:38:11 GMT

This week we’re joined by the Suffolk Children and Families Participation Group (Particip8) with Sophie, Molly, Grace and James sharing some information about participation, their experiences of the services and what it’s like being a part of the participation team.

Our participation team consists of service users and their supporters who are committed to developing services across NSFT for other service users. This includes such things as interviewing staff, attending transformation and governance meetings, ensuring that the voice of the service user an their supporters is at the centre of our work and lots of other exciting projects.

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Being active and our mental health

Wed, 17 Aug 2022 08:23:32 GMT

In today's episode, Peer Support Workers Rachel, Holly and Tim will be discussing being active and how it has supported the Peer Support Workers through their recovery journeys.

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Staff support at NSFT

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 09:10:19 GMT

In today’s episode Dr Lauren Grainger, Clinical Psychologist, is joined by healthcare workers, Natasha and Kerry, who share their experiences of accessing the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust staff support service and looking after their mental health through the COVID-19 pandemic. You can contact our staff support service by calling 0300 123 1335 or by emailing staffsupport@nsft.nhs.uk.

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Loneliness - Mental Health Awareness Week

Sun, 08 May 2022 23:05:12 GMT

In this special episode for Mental Health Awareness Week Dr Beth Mosley MBE, Consultant Clinical Psychologist in our Psychology in Schools team has a discussion with James, Molly and Sophie, three young people who are keen to share their personal experiences of loneliness. They talk about what loneliness means and has felt like for them and share ideas about how to prevent it from happening.

This is the final episode of Season 2 of our Mental Health and You podcast. We'll be back with you in the early Summer with Season 3.

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Research: Cath Pickles, founder of Restitute and research collaborator

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 23:01:59 GMT

On this week's show, which comes from NSFT Research, we hear from Cath Pickles, founder of Restitute who shares her experiences of her daughter's disclosure of sexual abuse. Cath has learnt so much through supporting her daughter and she explains how she has gone on to help carers of survivors of sexual and violent abuse by setting up Restitute.

Using her lived experience Cath is now working with NSFT on one of our projects ASPIRE representing the voice of carers and parents of children who have experienced ACES (Adverse Childhood Experiences) and giving advice on how the intervention can be more effectively delivered.

Cath is a big supporter of research and Restitute is part of our NSFT Researching Together Network which encourages charities, schools and community groups across Norfolk and Suffolk to join our group to hear about research opportunities, suggest research to us and to share knowledge. If you are interested in finding out more about the Researching Together Network please email researchinfo@nsft.nhs.uk

If you are interested in finding out more about Restitute please visit: We are Restitute | Restitute

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Psychology in Schools: Talking to your children about the Ukraine War

Wed, 23 Mar 2022 00:05:16 GMT

As parents and families we are likely to have been shocked about the devastating situation in Ukraine. Our children will be having conversations with us and others and trying to make sense of what is happening.

So how do we talk to our children, who may be different ages and temperaments about this war; in a manner which helps them make sense of what is happening whilst not disproportionately increasing anxieties?

Dr Beth Mosley (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) both mother and mental health professional talks with Dr Kelsey Odgers (Clinical Psychologist) and Kelly (Mother of two) about these dilemmas and some of the mistakes they might have made as parents during this time.

In their discussion they cover: Firstly, they acknowledge it is good to talk. Secondly, they consider how we talk is important. Right place, right time, right pace. What does this actually look like? Thirdly, how do we manage the exposure and time spent on news stories? And, finally, how do we turn feelings into helpful actions.

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Recovery College: Exploring breakdown, depression and recovery

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 00:15:02 GMT

In this episode Breanne from our Recovery College hears from Sonya.

Sonya talks candidly about her experience of divorce which led to a breakdown, about how she survived depression only to be hit by grief caused by losing her father. She discusses how the onslaught of depression following that grief affected her and how the Recovery College became her mentor and supported her to recover and become a better person than she had ever been. She now aspires to support others in their recovery journeys.

To find out more about our Recovery College, including courses that you can attend free of charge, visit: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/recovery-college

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Wellbeing - Reflections on the Pandemic

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 00:05:54 GMT

In today’s podcast, Rachel is joined by Peer Support Worker Tim to reflect on the challenges and learning of living through the Pandemic. They will be sharing their own and other Peer Support Worker’s lived experiences.

Podcast episode links:

Coronavirus – mental health information and support | Mind, the mental health charity – help for mental health problems

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Research: LIMITLESS enthusiasm

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 01:00:25 GMT

This week our guest is Dr Simon P Hammond, a Lecturer in Education in UEA's School of Education and Lifelong Learning and Honorary Associate Professor at NSFT.

Simon is talking about a new project he is leading called LIMITLESS that will examine life story work as a possible intervention to address the mental health needs of children and young people with experience of being ‘looked-after’. It turns out if Simon was to write his own life story then life story work would feature large - having been a passion of his since he took a job as a residential worker working with kids in care soon after finishing his first degree. He tells us all about his pHD and other work which has led to him now leading this realist review (he explains what that is), how life story work can be digitised and how he would love a world where every young person is given a digital repository online which follows them through the care system.

With funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), the LIMITLESS study aims to find out how, to what extent and for whom life story work could be delivered differently to improve mental health outcomes for adolescents in care. The NIHR portfolio website for this study is: https://fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR201963.

More info on the Inclusive Digital Safety Hub – https://www.internetmatters.org/inclusive-digital-safety/advice-for-professionals/online-harms-index/care-experienced-children-and-young-people/

https://www.internetmatters.org/inclusive-digital-safety/advice-for-professionals/online-harms-index/

A bit more about Looked after kids and ‘online safety’ https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/question/promoting-positive-mental-health-by-supporting-young-people-with-care-experience-online/

If people want to know more about LIMITLESS: https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/new-project-addresses-mental-health-needs-of-children-in-care

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Wellbeing: Reading and Recovery

Wed, 26 Jan 2022 00:05:41 GMT

In this episode of Mental Health and You Peer Support Workers from our Wellbeing Service discuss the benefits reading can have for your mental health.

Rachel, Andrea and Holly talk about their own experiences and how reading in various forms has improved their wellbeing.

Podcast episode links:

Mind: www.mind.org.uk, I had a black dog, his name was depression – YouTube
Libby Library App for books and audio books: Libby – Welcome (libbyapp.com)

Reading recommendations from the Peer Support Workers:

Things Get Better by Katie Piper
Bird Therapy by Joe Harkness
Calm down love, the Rise of The Hate Crab by Susan Calman
Nature Cure by Richard Mabey
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Sane New World by Ruby Wax.
Mindfulness For The Frazzled by Ruby Wax
The Book of Hygge by Meik Wikiing
Black Rainbow by Rachel Kelley
Be at peace with life just the way it is by John Parkin.
The Untethered Soul, the journey beyond yourself by Michael A Singer.
I Had A Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone
Living With A Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone

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Recovery College: My journey into peer tutoring

Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:05:02 GMT

In this episode of Mental Health and You we hear from Danny and Sharn who work in our Recovery College.

Danny talks to Sharn about her inspirational journey from service user to a Peer Tutor who supports others who are experiencing mental health issues.

To find out more about our Recovery College, including courses that you can attend free of charge, visit: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/recovery-college

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Wellbeing in winter

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 00:05:57 GMT

In this episode, Rachel is joined by Peer Support Workers Andrea and Tim from our Wellbeing service to discuss looking after our wellbeing in winter. They will be sharing their own and other Peer Support Worker’s lived experiences.

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Psychology in Schools: The small things we can do to make a difference for distressed young people

Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:04:11 GMT

This episode features Dr Beth Moseley, Consultant Clinical Psychologist in our Children and Young People’s Services alongside Sophie Davies who is our People Participation Lead for Children and Young People in Suffolk. Beth and Sophie are joined by James and Seb who have real lived experiences of receiving services.

James, Seb and Sophie talk openly about their different experiences of receiving help for their wellbeing and mental health as young people.

Their conversation intends to highlight the importance of communication within those interactions and how adults connecting with distressed young people need to think about the small things they can do to make a positive impact.

Thank you James, Seb and Sophie for sharing these valuable insights.

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Research: Recovering hope after a diagnosis of dementia

Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:33:31 GMT

This week we hear from NSFT Research about a new study, DiSCOVERY, which will look at how NHS mental health Recovery Colleges may help to support people with dementia through co-designed and co-run courses. The study co-leads Professor Chris Fox and Juniper West explain the concept of ‘recovery’ for those with a diagnosis of dementia. Chris Fox discusses a wide range of dementia research that has led to the realisation of how important keeping connected is when living with dementia.

Did you know people who are socially isolated have a different MRI scan to those who are socially connected? Find out how increased social connections may be more powerful than many drugs that are currently being developed for dementia. Chris ponders what recovery is after a dementia diagnosis? What is personal recovery and how is it different from medical recovery? Juni explores more about Recovery Colleges, what research has led to their interest in the benefits of courses that are co-designed and co-run by peer supporters. Juni makes the link between person-centred care in dementia and the recovery CHIME framework. CHIME emphasises how important hope is to those living with dementia, something that this new study is full of for the future of those living with dementia.

DISCOVERY is funded by the NIHR

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is the nation's largest funder of health and care research. The NIHR:

Funds, supports and delivers high quality research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care
Engages and involves patients, carers and the public in order to improve the reach, quality and impact of research
Attracts, trains and supports the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future
Invests in world-class infrastructure and a skilled delivery workforce to translate discoveries into improved treatments and services
Partners with other public funders, charities and industry to maximise the value of research to patients and the economy.

The NIHR was established in 2006 to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research, and is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care. In addition to its national role, it supports applied health research for the direct and primary benefit of people in low- and middle-income countries, using UK aid from the UK government.

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Research: Recovering hope after a diagnosis with dementia

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 23:14:23 GMT

DISCOVERY is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

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Funds, supports and delivers high quality research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care
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Attracts, trains and supports the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future
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Living with Psychosis

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:05:33 GMT

In this episode, peer support workers Jason and Terry from the Early Intervention in Psychosis team discuss their lived experiences of psychosis.

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Research: ASPIRE - listening and learning

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:55 GMT

This week we learn what an ACE is from the NSFT research team, who tell us about their unique study that trains up care-givers to help children who have had adverse childhood experiences when they were young. We hear from Brioney Gee who is the lead on the ASPIRE study, research assistant psychologist Isabela and co-applicant Tina whose family have experienced ACEs. This podcast is the second of three podcasts (Season 1 Ep 13 is the first) which are going out over the duration of the ASPIRE project to give a sense of how the project is progressing and how co-production is a vital part of how this intervention is taking shape. ASPIRE is taking many experts by experience and work to create a very special project. As Tina says, "As part of the group I have been very much valued and listened to." ASPIRE is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is the nation's largest funder of health and care research. The NIHR:

Funds, supports and delivers high quality research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care
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Attracts, trains and supports the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future
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Wellbeing: Sharing our recovery stories

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 23:05:49 GMT

In this episode, peer support workers Rachel, Andrea and Holly will be discussing recovery stories and how they can support us through our recovery journeys.

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Recovery College: Recovery narratives

Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:05:08 GMT

In this episode, Amanda, Peer Support Lead and Breanne from Recovery College discuss Recovery Narratives.

They explore the use of narratives within Peer Support Work and the Recovery College, the reason narratives are used and why they are important. Included in the discussion is an exploration of a research article which outlines core characteristics of a recovery narrative - details of the article are provided below.

If you would like to sign up to the Recovery College How to tell Your Story course, please visit www.nsft.nhs.uk/recovery-college for dates or email us at recoveryonline@nsft.nhs.uk

Research article:

Characteristics of mental health recovery

narratives: Systematic review and narrative

synthesis

Joy Llewellyn-BeardsleyID

1*, Stefan Rennick-Egglestone1, Felicity Callard2,

Paul Crawford1, Marianne FarkasID

3, Ada Hui1, David Manley4, Rose McGranahan5,

Kristian Pollock6, Amy Ramsay7, Knut Tore Sælør8, Nicola Wright1, Mike Slade1

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Psychology in Schools Team: Striving forwards

Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:05:17 GMT

In our latest podcast episode we have a young person Bethan, a school teacher (Bex Milnthorpe), Dr Tamara Scully (Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Beth Mosley (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) talking about “Striving Forward” into September, a new term.

Facing the uncertainty and opportunities the coming weeks bring we explore how, as people we have managed the last 18-months and how we hope to manage the coming months. Advice to parents on supporting their children, school staff supporting each other and their students, young people on facing new beginnings in new places, and everyone on managing the balance of returning to old ways of being with the new ways of working.

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Psychology in Schools: Improving your sleep

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 23:05:25 GMT

Mental Health and You is back after a short summer break.

In this episode Psychotherapist Linda Brindle and Clinical Psychologist Hope Westgate are joined by our Youth Team's Assistant Psychologist Olivia and 16 year-old Ethan who has recently worked with the team to improve his sleep.

They discuss how to get a better nights sleep and what to avoid in order to get a good sleep.

Whilst this episode is delivered to you by our Psychology in Schools team much of the guidance discussed within can be applied by adults also.

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Research: Becoming a clinical psychologist

Wed, 21 Jul 2021 00:00:30 GMT

In this episode, Claire from NSFT research speaks to three members of the research team - Sarah, Laura and Danielle, about the process of getting on to three-year, full-time Doctorates in Clinical Psychology and what working in research has taught them. Laura tells us about her TedX talk that she did on comparison which will lead you to see bananas and oranges in a whole new light. Danielle explains how it has taken her four years to get a place on the doctorate and how that has actually been time well spent that will help with her training. She explains that she has learnt the most from the people taking part in research - those "that are laying their experiences out for you to see...for you to improve things for people in the future". Sarah has found a framework for research where those most impacted by the research should be the ones taking the lead in all parts of the research process. Laura has designs on the perfect job for the future that involves research and clinical practice.

Link to Laura's Ted talk: Laura Miles: Oranges versus bananas: The unforgiving mirror of comparison | TED Talk

Sign up to take part in research here: Find out how to get involved in research and all the studies NSFT has on offer. | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS

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Parenting through adolescence: Bringing the science to life

Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:05:18 GMT

Dr Tamara Scully (Clinical Psychologist) and Dr Beth Mosley (Consultant Clinical Psychologist) explore the challenges of adapting our parenting to meeting the needs of our developing adolescents. With a parent and teenager as guests, they talk through some practical ideas on how to manage tricky times which are a natural consequence of some of the biological, social and psychological changes that take place as our young people grow into adults. Zack shares some great tips to parents on how to support their teenagers, even when it feels really hard to do so. This is a great follow-on from their parent workshop Parent workshop: Supporting our teenagers with emotions - YouTube

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Recovery College: Physical activity and recovery

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 23:05:12 GMT

This podcast comes from Recovery College. Danny is the Norwich locality Co-ordinator at Recovery College and Staff Tutor, sharing his learned experience of mental health challenges in the courses we provide. Danny is joined by Peer Support Workers Jason and Terry who work within the Early Intervention team but also tutor for Recovery College, sharing their lived experience of mental health challenges in our courses.

In this podcast, Danny, Jason and Terry focus on physical activity. They discuss how they each became interested in physical activity and how it is beneficial to their personal recovery and how it helped them to forge a positive identity. Terry and Jason’s role within their teams, promoting physical activity for service users and also staff members is also discussed, both of which have received favourable feedback.

You can find information about Recovery College courses here- Browse our Recovery College courses and begin your personal recovery journey | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Wellbeing: Understanding the stages of recovery

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 13:36:34 GMT

This week's podcast comes from the wellbeing service.

On today’s episode, peer support workers Rachel, Andrea and Holly discuss the 5 stages of recovery and talk about their own experiences of recovery and recollections of the 5 recognised stages of recovery in their own journeys.

Here is the wellbeing site for more info: Where I Live - Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney (wellbeingnands.co.uk)

Here is the MIND website mentioned in this episode: Recovery | Mind, the mental health charity – help for mental health problems | Mind, the mental health charity – help for mental health problems

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Research: 'Aspirational' new family project

Wed, 26 May 2021 12:48:34 GMT

This week we hear from research about a very important and exciting new project from NSFT Research which aims to develop an intervention to build resilience in young people who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences called ASPIRE. Lead researcher on the ASPIRE Project, Brioney Gee and Research Assistant Psychologist on ASPIRE Isabela Tavares Junqueira, explain a few months into the project what is involved, the huge role co-production has and how the project is going. ASPIRE is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).

This study is about co-producing, together with people who have relevant personal experience, a new support package for families. The new support package will aim to empower a child’s caregiver – be it their Mum, Dad or someone else who is looking after them – to use evidence-based techniques to build their child’s resilience, rather than a professional working with the young person directly.

We hear from two members of the stakeholder team who have relevant lived experience, Rachel a parent of three and Seb who is a young person giving input on various parts of the project.

The intervention will be designed to support children who have experienced Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) which are traumatic or stressful events that occur before the age of 18. These include experiences such as abuse, neglect, family break-up, being bullied, or experiencing a serious illness.

These ACEs have been linked to increased risk of a wide range of negative health outcomes across a person’s life. We now know there is a strong link between the number of ACEs a person is exposed to and their odds of experiencing mental health problems.

However, not all children who experience ACEs develop mental health difficulties. Some young people have social support and personal strengths that allow them to remain healthy despite difficult experiences, something known as ‘resilience’. The amount of resilience someone has is not fixed, so if we can increase a young person’s resilience, we can decrease the risk of poor mental health.

Transcript of Seb’s contribution to the podcast:

14.50 I am a fan of co-production and I think it is a great idea to do co-production. What is the point of doing it with the old system if we can’t put co-production in to because it is too big and it’s too and it’s too far down the plan.

17.00 Young people need to know what is going on, young people need to understand what you are talking about and young people need to feel that we are, they have been seen and heard and feel that something is changing, something that they heard or seen or said that something will change.

The co-lead for this project is Prof. Cathy Creswell who is based at the University of Oxford, and other partners on the project include Dr Clio Berry who is based at Brighton and Sussex medical School, Dr Tim Lomas based in the USA, Dr Jon Wilson and Dr Tim Clarke from NSFT, and Tina Walker who is a parent/carer with experience based expertise.

If you want to get involved with ASPIRE then please email Aspire@nsft.nhs.uk

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Attracts, trains and supports the best researchers to tackle the complex health and care challenges of the future
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Partners with other public funders, charities and industry to maximise the value of research to patients and the economy.

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Recovery College: Talking about values

Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:51 GMT

This podcast comes from Recovery College. In this podcast, Sharn and Breanne talk about Values; what they are, why they can beneficial in our personal recovery journeys and how you can begin to work out what yours may be. Sharn and Breanne draw upon the work by Dr Russ Harris about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Sharn is a Peer Tutor at Recovery College which means that she has lived experience of mental health challenges and shares those in the Recovery College courses. Breanne is a Staff Tutor at Recovery College and has learned experience of mental health challenges which she shares in courses.

You can find information about the Recovery College ACT course here - Browse our Recovery College courses and begin your personal recovery journey | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk)

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Schools: Uncertainty

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 00:00:30 GMT

This podcast comes from the Psychology in Schools Team. Everyone likes a degree of certainty: it gives life structure and routine, creates some predictability and enables us to plan. But since the pandemic, much of this has been stripped away as we have experienced unprecedented levels of uncertainty in our lives. This Psychology in Schools team podcast explores the challenges of supporting children and young people in these uncertain times when increases in stress and anxiety are common. The opportunities that uncertainty can bring such as resilience-building are also highlighted and ideas around how parents can encourage these are discussed.

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Wellbeing: Wellness Action Plans

Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:40 GMT

This week's podcast comes from the wellbeing service.

On today’s episode, peer support workers Rachel and Andrea will be discussing Wellness Action Plans and how they can be used to support recovery.

Podcast episode links:

· Mind Wellness Action Plan

· Mary Ellen Copeland WRAP Plan

· Search ‘WRAP’ in an app store.

Here is the wellbeing site for more info: Where I Live - Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney (wellbeingnands.co.uk)

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Research: Does getting a diagnosis help?

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00:06 GMT

Diagnosis in mental health is a contentious issue - it has many conflicting sides. In this research edition, NSFT clinical psychologist Corinna Hackmann and senior research fellow for the University of the Arts Hannah Zeilig, who lives with bipolar 1, talk about diagnosis. This is an area they have explored together during a study called INCLUDE and in this paper about collaborative diagnosis.

This podcast gives some insight as to how getting a diagnosis can play out – Hannah and Corinna understand how it is messy, there is no one size fits all. Some people feel enriched by a diagnosis, for lots it doesn't help, they carry a lot of stigma and it becomes dominant in their identity. Corinna explains the journey of diagnosis - it isn't as many clinicians see it - a done deal when delivered.

Hannah gives insight into living with a serious mental illness especially in a pandemic when she feels everyone is telling people to feel better by doing yoga and meditating - which she doesn't find very useful. She has a newly coined term 'mental health lite'.

From her time spent in hospital Hannah knows from fellow patients that there is almost a hierarchy to diagnosis, and even in a time when mental health is so often spoken about, it is still tricky to wear your diagnosis lightly.

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like

to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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School and Parent Support: Resilience

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 01:00:14 GMT

This podcast, developed by the Psychology in Schools Team, explores what resilience is and how school staff can support young people to build their resilience. It features a guest speaker from Thurston Community College, who offers their own perspective on how the current context has impacted young people and staff, and what they have found helpful in a school context to build resilience.

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like

to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Wellbeing: Peer support and self-compassion

Wed, 03 Mar 2021 01:00:35 GMT

This week's podcast comes from the wellbeing service. In this episode, Peer Support Workers Rachel and Andrea will be discussing self-care and self-compassion and why they are important for our mental health.

Podcast episode links:

Here is the wellbeing site for more info: Where I Live - Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney (wellbeingnands.co.uk)

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Research: Can exercise help low mood?

Wed, 17 Feb 2021 01:00:10 GMT

This week's podcast comes from NSFT research and is about how exercise might be able to help low mood in teenagers and a special study we are undertaking called The READY Trial. Kayte Rowe, co-investigator on the READY Trial and Kiersten Wakefield the READY Trial delivery lead come together to talk about why we are researching exercise and low mood in young people. They chat about how common low mood/depression is in young people, what to look out for if you are a parent, which groups it particularly affects and how activity might help.

Kiersten fills us in on how the trial is run and what is involved and how young people have had an input in the creation of the trial.

The research project talked about in this podcast is the READY trial - this study aims to see if physical activity improves the symptoms of low mood in young people aged 13 – 17 years old. Young people that take part will be asked to attend one of three groups twice a week for 12 weeks. The group activities will either be high intensity exercise, low intensity exercise or social non-exercise based activities. If you, or someone you know, is suffering from low mood you may be interested in taking part in this study.

Any young people interested in finding out more should contact the research team at NSFT by email: researchinfo@nsft.nhs.uk

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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School and Parent Support: Stress

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 01:00:47 GMT

This week the NSFT podcast comes from school and parent support. Psychologists Dr Beth Mosley and Dr Alison Woods are joined by Alex Baker, teacher and member of the senior leadership team at Thurston Community College. They discuss the stress on school staff and Alex tells us some of the small, but surprisingly powerful things school staff have done to stay in touch and support one another.

This podcast is full of insight and support for everyone who has been involved in the school environment during the pandemic (including parents), discussing the last minute changes of plan, adjusting, remote-learning as well as the joy of being back together last term. Beth introduces the term 'moral injury' the feeling of guilt at the service you want to give, but just can't due to the current circumstances, a feeling many can relate to right now.

We are reminded to notice the things we have done well each day and some really practical solutions, to keep young people connected with each other, now many are stuck back at home.

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like

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Recovery College: What is recovery?

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:00:47 GMT

This is our first podcast from the NSFT Recovery College - Sarah Kennard the recovery college tutor for Great Yarmouth and Waverney is joined by Sharn a peer tutor for Ipswich and Bury and Mark the recovery college locality lead for West Norfolk. They are talking big subjects like connections - little connections and being connected with yourself and understanding how you feel. Identity - talking about how the illness can overtake your identity - especially when you initially get a diagnosis. They also cover meaning, empowerment and hope with lots of lived experience advice to help you on your way with your recovery.

Recovery College web page: https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Get-involved/Pages/Recovery-College.aspx

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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For help in a crisis:

FirstResponse is a 24/7 helpline offering immediate advice, support and signposting for people with mental health difficulties.

If you are experiencing something that makes you feel unsafe, distressed or worried about your mental health you can now call the helpline on 0808 196 3494.

Are you an NSFT service user in crisis?

Call the contact number you were given for when you are in crisis.

If you cannot find this number, contact the team you are seeing by calling them direct, or via your local Access and Assessment team:

Suffolk (except Great Yarmouth and Waveney) - call 0300 123 1334
Norfolk (except Great Yarmouth and Waveney) - call 0300 790 0371
Great Yarmouth and Waveney - call 01493 337958

Other organisations which offer help in a crisis

Samaritans offer confidential and non-judgmental emotional support whenever you need someone to talk to. They're available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 116 123

ChildLine offers a counselling service for children and young people. You can also call the helpline if you are an adult worried about a child. Call 0800 1111

Mental Health Telephone Support Line provides a listening ear, emotional support, coping strategies, signposting and practical advice. This includes help with developing plans to tackle and limit crisis situations. They work with and complement the Crisis Resolution Home Team (CRHT), Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT), Emergency Services and others to help keep people safe.

Opening times: weekdays 4pm - midnight, weekends 10am – midnight.

Telephone number: 08088 02 02 88

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Wellbeing: Resilience

Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:15:05 GMT

Peer support workers Andrea and Rachel explain what their role involves. If you are struggling with your mental health they have walked the journey before you and hope to offer reassurance that other people have felt the same way. In this podcast they discuss what resilience means to them. They have collated ideas from their team on resilience - such as sleep, engaging in new things and not OK is OK.

They talk about life being 'rollarcoastery' - they may have invented that word, but we all know what they mean - especially in covid times!

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

Twitter @NSFTtweets

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSFTrust/

Email: NSFT.communications@nsft.nhs.uk and put podcast in the subject line.

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For help or advice please visit the wellbeing service:

Our services- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (nsft.nhs.uk)

For help in a crisis:

FirstResponse is a 24/7 helpline offering immediate advice, support and signposting for people with mental health difficulties.

If you are experiencing something that makes you feel unsafe, distressed or worried about your mental health you can now call the helpline on 0808 196 3494.

Are you an NSFT service user in crisis?

Call the contact number you were given for when you are in crisis.

If you cannot find this number, contact the team you are seeing by calling them direct, or via your local Access and Assessment team:

Suffolk (except Great Yarmouth and Waveney) - call 0300 123 1334
Norfolk (except Great Yarmouth and Waveney) - call 0300 790 0371
Great Yarmouth and Waveney - call 01493 337958

Other organisations which offer help in a crisis

Samaritans offer confidential and non-judgmental emotional support whenever you need someone to talk to. They're available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call 116 123

ChildLine offers a counselling service for children and young people. You can also call the helpline if you are an adult worried about a child. Call 0800 1111

Opening times: weekdays 4pm - midnight, weekends 10am – midnight.

Telephone number: 08088 02 02 88

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School and Parent Support: Low Mood in Teens

Wed, 23 Dec 2020 01:00:03 GMT

This is a podcast about low mood in teenagers from our school and parent support team, featuring clinical psychologist Alison Woods, Dr Tamara Scully who is based at Thurston Community College and Bethan who is a former student from there.

This reassuring podcast takes a deep dive in to what it is like to be a young person during lockdowns and tier restrictions and answers questions on why this time is especially tricky for teens. Bethan and the psychologists talk about why the pandemic may be inducing low mood in young people - especially looking at how the restrictions are pushing the school students in the opposite direction from their natural process of becoming more independent.

For some great tips on how to overcome low mood, fantastic insight from Bethan and advice on what we have learnt from this pandemic so far - do have a listen.

The research project mentioned in the podcast is the READY trial - this study aims to see if physical activity improves the symptoms of low mood in young people aged 13 – 17 years old. Young people that take part will be asked to attend one of three groups twice a week for 12 weeks. The group activities will either be high intensity exercise, low intensity exercise or social non-exercise based activities. If you, or someone you know, is suffering from low mood you may be interested in taking part in this study.

Any young people interested in finding out more should contact the research team at NSFT by email: researchinfo@nsft.nhs.uk

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you.

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Email: NSFT.communications@nsft.nhs.uk and put podcast in the subject line.

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Research: PTSD and young people

Wed, 09 Dec 2020 08:58:01 GMT

This week’s podcast comes from NSFT research. If you’ve ever wondered what trauma is, how PTSD affects children or how many children suffer from this - then UEA professor of clinical psychology Richard Meiser-Stedman gives a brilliant explanation of these subjects. Richard goes on to explain how he is hoping to make a difference in this area through a research study called DECRYPT which helps young people from 8-17 who have PTSD which is related to more than one traumatic experience. Do have a listen to hear about this new approach to talking therapies.

If you are currently treating a young person who fulfils these criteria then we would really welcome you to get in touch to see if this study called DECRYPT might be suitable for them – please follow one of these links:

https://sites.uea.ac.uk/decrypt

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/research/Pages/Get-involved-in-research.aspx

or email decrypt@uea.ac.uk and mention that you heard about the study on the NSFT podcast or researchinfo@nsft.nhs.uk to take part or find out more info.

To get involved in other research projects with NSFT then please do visit our website Research- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (nsft.nhs.uk) and follow us on twitter @NSFTresearch

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Mental Health and You

Thu, 03 Dec 2020 17:51:22 GMT

Coming up this December is a brand new podcast Mental Health and You from Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust – NSFT. We will dip into a different department each fortnight to hear their current thoughts on many aspects of mental health. One week we might be wrapped up in research with a psychologist talking about what causes PTSD in children and how we might be able to help, next we will be absorbed by wellbeing and how a few little changes can make things a bit more manageable. School and Parent support have the best and most honest advice about how to support your children and teens at school and at home and the recovery college will offer unique insights in to subjects such as compassion aiding recovery.

If you hit subscribe – it is totally free and it will download wherever you get your podcasts from every fortnight.

Please do keep in touch with us, let us know what you would like to hear featured because this podcast is about mental health and you!

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