Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin August 2024

Please find attached the latest Spirituality and Mental Health bulletin produced by the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust library team. If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nsh.uk.

Spirituality and Mental Health Bulletin July 2024

Please find attached the latest Spirituality and Mental Health bulletin produced by the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust library team. If you are unable to access any of the included articles please contact academic.library@lscft.nsh.uk.

Alcohol Awareness Week

Alcohol Awareness Week is here, offering a chance to reflect on our drinking habits and their impacts. This week highlights the risks of alcohol misuse and promotes healthier choices.

Learn and Share: Educate yourself about alcohol’s effects and share with others.

Promote Alternatives: Encourage non-alcoholic social activities.

Seek Help: Reach out if you or someone you know needs support.

Let’s use Alcohol Awareness Week to make positive changes. Visit our library for helpful resources.

Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Bulletin

The latest edition of the Mental Health, Learning Disability, and Autism Bulletin is now available! Stay updated with the latest insights and developments in these vital areas.

Resource of the Month

Therapist Aid

The Therapist Aid website features essential tools for mental health professionals; therapy worksheets, audio, activities, and more.

Therapist Aid is dedicated to helping mental health professionals improve their craft by providing free evidence-based education and therapy tools. The resources have been created with clients in mind, which means avoiding jargon, and creating tools that are not only useful in theory, but in practice.

Scan the smart code on the poster or visit the website here. For help with this please email the library team: academic.library@lscft.nhs.uk

Please feel free to download our resource of the month poster and share with your team or within your department.

Emotional Support

Online Resources – Head Talks

Head Talks videos aim to provide us with knowledge, inspiration and a sense of community so we can create our own toolbox to fix and maintain mental health.

This episode features Richie Norton, who discovered yoga when struggling to recover from injuries from his rugby career. The different forms of movement, plus the connection to his breath, helped him deal with what was going on in his mind at the same time. The power of breathwork had a real impact on Richie’s wellbeing, and in this video Richie shares an introductory practice.