{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6104233c858c2f001b79c0ea/633f1b1a6368cd00126feab8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"World Mental Health Day 2022... Mel's Story","description":"<p>This episode is part of a mini-series for World Mental Health Day 2022. Within this mini series, we have a number of guests from the field of academia, including both students and lecturers, sharing their mental health journeys to normalise discussions within academia about mental health.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, we will hearing about \"Mel's story\". Mel is a Psychology student and works as a Civil Registration Officer as a Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. She will be speaking primarily about her experiences with depression, adjustment disorder and anxiety. There are also very brief mentions of loss and grief, premature birth, divorce and suicide. There are support websites for each of these below:</p><ul><li>NHS mental health:https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/</li><li>MIND Helpline: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/helplines/</li><li>Samaritans helpline number: <a href=\"tel:+44-116-123\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">116 123</a>&nbsp;(freephone)</li><li>Support after losing someone to suicide: https://supportaftersuicide.org.uk/</li><li>About depression: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/depression/about-depression/</li><li>About anxiety: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/about-anxiety/</li><li>Mayo Clinic - Adjustment disorder: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/adjustment-disorders/symptoms-causes/syc-20355224</li><li>Support after losing someone to suicide: https://supportaftersuicide.org.uk/</li><li>NHS grief and loss: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/feelings-and-symptoms/grief-bereavement-loss/</li></ul>","author_name":"Holly Stokes & Kieron Oakland"}