Mental Health
What can be done about the black mental health crisis?
The safe place — Suicides among black teens have risen 71% in the past decade, with anxiety and depression now most prevalent among black women. A new app – known as The Safe Place – wants to tackle these issues head-on.
Written by: Tola Onanuga
How creativity can be a lifesaver in psychiatric care
A musician opens up — After struggling with suicidal thoughts, Constance Keane found refuge in a hospital's music room. Now, having realised the role that played in her recovery, she wants to end the stigma around psychiatric care and fight for better resources.
Written by: Cian Traynor
The unapologetic style of a body bending photographer
Physical graffiti — After struggling with her identity, Arielle Bobb-Willis developed a colourful technique with a simple message behind it: "I'm comfortable with being uncomfortable."
Written by: Cian Traynor
Neville Southall tackles... Youth mental health
Neville Knows Best — In his column 'Neville Knows Best', footballing legend turned Twitter sensation Neville Southall takes on the biggest issues of our time. This week he turns to young people and mental health, and how we should all be outraged that cuts now see us failing our children.
Written by: Neville Southall
This year I learnt... that reaching out about my mental health saved my life
What 2017 taught me — It might sound cliché to say we need to 'talk about' mental health. Certainly talking alone won't solve the crisis. But for Ben Smoke, 2017 was the year in which learning to reach out might well have helped a disaster be avoided.
Written by: Ben Smoke
No really, I’m fine: Celebrating queer life in London
Five years on — On Sunday night London's LGBTQ+ community came together to mark the five year anniversary of a failed suicide attempt, a reminder of the power of community.
Written by: Michael Segalov
It has been 5 years since my first suicide attempt – here's why I celebrate it
Fireworks in the sky — By defiantly commemorating the day he attempted to take his own life, Ben Smoke has a chance to embrace his life while also calling people to action. With LGBTQ young people almost five times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual counterparts there’s no time to waste.
Written by: Ben Smoke
The photographer documenting life with schizophrenia
Light and shade — In Big Brother, Louis Quail presents an intimate look at the daily struggles his older sibling – Justin – encounters while living with the condition.
Written by: Niall Flynn
From skateboarding prankster to extreme endurance athlete
Huck x HOKA ONE ONE — Dirty Sanchez made the Jackass crew seem like the Brady Bunch. But after so much partying, co-founder Matthew Pritchard cleaned up his life with a new passion. His story kicks off our new Huck x Hoka One One series, looking at mavericks who found a new perspective through running.
Written by: Sam Haddad
The woman who shares a body with 14 different artists
Kim Noble et al — South Londoner Kim Noble has multiple personalities, 14 of whom are artists with their own distinct styles. Next month, their work will hang alongside Salvador Dali, Francis Bacon and Andy Warhol in a powerful new show about mental health.
Written by: Alex Robert Ross