PRESS RELEASE
Issued: 23/9/09
For the week beginning 5th October
Title: The Creative Journey to Recovery
Artwork on the theme of ‘Recovery’ goes on display this week in four GP surgeries around Ceredigion to celebrate World Mental Health Day this year.
World Mental Health Day on October 10th is an annual campaign to draw attention to the need to “make mental issues a global priority”. This year’s theme is ‘Mental Health and Primary Care: Enhancing Treatment and Promoting Mental Health’.
One in four of us will experience some kind of common mental health problem each year. Many will seek help from their GP and primary care team and will be given the help they need or put in touch with other sources of support. For other people it may be a longer struggle and the journey of recovery from their experience can be ongoing. People from local mental health groups wanted to reach out to others with a message of hope – that Recovery is possible. They have done this through their artistic responses on the theme of ‘Recovery’ which will be on display in the week of 5th October at Meddygfa Emlyn, Cardigan Health Centre and Tanyfron, Aberaeron and Ystwyth Medical Centre.
This project has been supported by the Ceredigion Service User Involvement Worker and Mind Your Heart. The ‘Ceredigion Recovery Book’, which was published in March, is available in English and in Welsh through existing organisations working for mental health and in local libraries. It can also be bought through Mind Your Heart and local bookshops.
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