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Making Mental Health Positive

Medication For Your Mind Peer Support Group (UK)

Are you currently prescribed medication for your mental health challenges? (i.e. anti-depressants)

Do you want to learn things you can do to support your wellbeing?

Do you want to talk to others with similar lived experience?

If the answer is yes to these questions then come along to our group

where we will be generating conversation about what more you can do

to support your wellbeing journey. We'll be encouraging you to share

your experiences and have your say on how you'd like this group

to progress. The online sessions will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. You will receive the link for the meeting

2 days before the session as well as on the day.
Below is a little bit about Dawn and her reasons for setting up this peer support group:

Dawn has experienced challenges with her mental health after supporting her mother as a

young carer with a severe mental illness since 1986. In 2020, Dawn lost her brother to suicide

which has encouraged her to move forward with peer support to help empower others.

Dawn thinks more could be done to help people learn about the services that can help improve

accessibility and knowledge of the social model of mental health which is why she'd like to

make the primary focus of this group learning from others things that can be done to

support mental health and wellbeing.

Dawn feels there is currently a need within primary care for more guidance and support for

reducing off mental health medications and hopes that this group can offer support and

encouragement for those who are reducing off mental health medication with their GP’s

advice and guidance.

Please note this is not an anti-medication group nor will we be advocating reducing

off your medication without the knowledge/ support of your GP. Any changes to your

medication must be discussed with your GP or appropriate healthcare professional.

We will be discussing things that can work alongside your medication and support your

mental health and wellbeing.

If you have any questions or are not able to attend this session but would be interested in

future sessions then please email Dawn Allen: dawnrisingCIC@gmail.com

Our services:

For individuals aged over 18 years

Medication For Your Mind (Virtual Group):

During the group, we have a regular guest speakers joining us to talk about their services and how they may be able