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If you're in good mental health you can make the most of your potential, cope with everyday life and play a full part in your family, workplace, community and among friends.

Mental health difficulties affect one in four of us at some point in our lives. They are very common and there are now lots of ways to overcome them, including some very practical steps we can all take on our own or services to access for guidance and support.

Good mental health means that we have a sense of purpose and goals in life, we have a sense of belonging to a community, we have good self esteem and feel valued and feel in control of our lives.

Mental illness is much more clinical, defined by symptoms and diagnosed by doctors. Although treatments for mental illness are often medication based and rely on professionals to diagnose and prescribe the right treatments.

Research has shown that remaining hopeful and positive about the future and developing the inner strength to be in control, help to combat the symptoms of mental health difficulties, which can at times feel overwhelming.

For more information about keeping well:

Visit the Mental Health Website

 

 

Click here for 10 tips on looking after your mental health

 

 

Visit the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust website

 

 

Local organisations that offer support and information

MIND in Birmingham
Address: 17 Graham Street, Hockley, Birmingham B1 3JR
Phone: 0121 608 8001
Web: www.birminghammind.org

Rethink
Phone: 0121 248 8408
Web: www.rethink.org
Email: wordsworth@rethink.org

STaR Service
Phone: 0121-303-3316

Click here for more information about the STaR Service

For more information about keeping well visit: www.mentalhealth.org.uk/information/strategies-treatments