Ask how I am: Supporting emotional health among people living with long term conditions

People who live with long-term physical conditions are twice as likely to have poor mental health as those who do not. For people with multiple long-term conditions the chances of having poor mental health are greater still. Yet people with long-term physical conditions still face many barriers to accessing mental health support. Ask How I Am, produced by Centre for Mental Health and National Voices, is based on interviews with people living with a wide range of long-term physical conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, cancer and heart disease, and looks at the part that the Covid-19 pandemic has played in adding yet more pressure to people ' s mental health. Once again, people and communities with the least resources and greatest adversities have seen the biggest impacts on their mental and physical health.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news