David Woodhead: 'The personal is historical' - mental health & LGBT+ history
Thea Joshi sits down with David Woodhead, our Associate Director of Research, to hear about what LGBT+ History Month means to him. He shared how his experiences as a gay man have affected his mental h...
26 Feb 202437min
Claudia Turbet-Delof: Fighting for mental health to be a human right
Thea Joshi is joined by Claudia Turbet-Delof, a local councillor in Hackney, Mental Health Champion, person centred therapist and human rights campaigner. Claudia shares her experience of growing up i...
23 Jan 202441min
Andrew Kaye Kauffmann: Living with obsessive compulsive disorder
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s current Writer in Residence, Andrew K Kauffmann. Together they discuss OCD and its battles, from diagnosis and labels, to therapy and everyday life. ...
29 Nov 202356min
Kadra Abdinasir: The intergenerational impacts of racism on mental health
Thea Joshi is joined by Centre for Mental Health’s Associate Director for Policy, Kadra Abdinasir, to discuss the way racial trauma affects multiple generations of a family. They discuss A Constant Ba...
23 Okt 202325min
ZeZe Sohawon: The reality for young people at the intersection of autism and mental health
[Content warning: this episode discusses self-harming and suicide.] Thea Joshi is joined by ZeZe Sohawon, an award-winning mental health activist who campaigns for better support for people at the in...
2 Okt 202335min
Andy Bell: How far have we come on the road to mental health equality?
Thea Joshi sits down with Centre for Mental Health chief exec and returning guest, Andy Bell. Having been at the Centre for over 20 years, Andy shares the changes that have been forged in mental healt...
30 Aug 202339min
Behaviour and mental health in schools
How is children's behaviour in schools linked to their mental health? And what impact are behaviour management approaches having on young people's mental health? This episode, Thea Joshi sits down wit...
23 Jun 202337min
António Ferreira: Mental health activism rooted in lived experience
Thea Joshi is joined by award-winning mental health activist and anti-racism campaigner António Ferreira. From providing guidance for an Eastenders storyline about a young Black man with schizophrenia...
24 Apr 202335min
