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Shift Update: December 2008
12 December 2008
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Shift's 'Life in the Office' employment films now available
03 December 2008
The films can be viewed online at http://shift.org.uk/employers
- Watch Bernies reaction to someone with ‘problems upstairs’
- See if you can relate to Pauls frustration at the photocopier
- Feel the anxiety when Sarah returns to work and finds that not everyone is as welcoming as she had hoped.
The films are aimed at employers and employees who do not consider mental health problems to be a workplace issue. We hope that the films will reach new audiences and link more people in to the existing support structures.
We are very interested to hear any feedback about these films. If you have any comments or suggestions, please contact claire.newall@csip.org.uk
To watch the films, visit http://www.shift.org.uk/employers
Shift Update: November 2008
05 November 2008
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Shift Review Panel
14 October 2008
The Shift Review Panel's first set of reviews are now
available.
The Shift Review Panel assesses the quality and impact of materials designed to help employers promote mental wellbeing and manage mental ill health in the workplace. The panel is funded by Shift, but operates independently.
Find out more about the Shift Review Panel here
The Shift Review Panel assesses the quality and impact of materials designed to help employers promote mental wellbeing and manage mental ill health in the workplace. The panel is funded by Shift, but operates independently.
Find out more about the Shift Review Panel here
Mad About Football
01 October 2008
Thank you to everyone who attended the Mad About
Football tournament and conference and helped make
these events such a success.
You can now see photos and video from the tournament and conference on the Mad About Football pages.
Find out more about Mad About Football
You can now see photos and video from the tournament and conference on the Mad About Football pages.
Find out more about Mad About Football
Shift Update: August 2008
12 August 2008
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Shift Update: June 2008
05 June 2008
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Mind Over Matter 2 media research published
15 April 2008
Mind Over Matter 2 is Shift's second report analysing
media reporting of mental illness, following on from
the first report which looked at news coverage in
2005. It serves as a benchmark to show whether
reporting is improving. This report, which looks at
coverage from March and October 2006, shows there is
a long way to go.
A follow up report will be published later in 2008.
Download Mind Over Matter 2 from the Shift Media Network.
Download Mind Over Matter 1 from the Shift Media Network.
Find out more about research commissioned by Shift.
A follow up report will be published later in 2008.
Download Mind Over Matter 2 from the Shift Media Network.
Download Mind Over Matter 1 from the Shift Media Network.
Find out more about research commissioned by Shift.
Shift launches 'What's the Story?'
18 February 2008
Shift has today published a new handbook that will
help the media improve public understanding of mental
illness.
The handbook, 'What's the Story?: Reporting Mental Health and Suicide', gives practical guidance to the media on covering suicide, mental illness and violent crime by psychiatric patients.
It follows a survey which found three out of four people think the media fails to properly inform the public about mental illness.
It focuses particularly on setting rare but sensational murders carried out by a small number of people with mental health problems in a wider context. It is believed that coverage of these cases contributes to the widespread misconception that many people with experience of mental health problems are violent. In fact, millions of people have mental health problems and very few are violent.
The guidance gives journalists advice on how to avoid causing needless offence to the many readers, viewers and listeners affected by mental health problems. It highlights international evidence that careless reporting of suicides triggers copycat suicides and encourages the media to include helpline details - 'sensitive' reporting can literally save lives.
For more information and to download a copy of What's the Story, go here:
http://shift.org.uk/mediahandbook
The handbook, 'What's the Story?: Reporting Mental Health and Suicide', gives practical guidance to the media on covering suicide, mental illness and violent crime by psychiatric patients.
It follows a survey which found three out of four people think the media fails to properly inform the public about mental illness.
It focuses particularly on setting rare but sensational murders carried out by a small number of people with mental health problems in a wider context. It is believed that coverage of these cases contributes to the widespread misconception that many people with experience of mental health problems are violent. In fact, millions of people have mental health problems and very few are violent.
The guidance gives journalists advice on how to avoid causing needless offence to the many readers, viewers and listeners affected by mental health problems. It highlights international evidence that careless reporting of suicides triggers copycat suicides and encourages the media to include helpline details - 'sensitive' reporting can literally save lives.
For more information and to download a copy of What's the Story, go here:
http://shift.org.uk/mediahandbook
Shift's Line Managers' Resource published
10 October 2007
Shift has published the Line Managers' Resource, a
document that gives practical advice to managing and
supporting people with mental health problems in the
workplace.
The Line Managers' Resource is a booklet and website that gives advice and information for managing and supporting people with mental health problems in the workplace.
The Line Managers' Web Resource website also gives advice and information for employees to help them assess their own needs and plan for meetings with their manager.
See the Line Managers' Resource website for more information.
The Line Managers' Resource is a booklet and website that gives advice and information for managing and supporting people with mental health problems in the workplace.
The Line Managers' Web Resource website also gives advice and information for employees to help them assess their own needs and plan for meetings with their manager.
See the Line Managers' Resource website for more information.
