British artist Stuart Temple and cartoonist Stephen Collins have designed some humorous ‘get well soon’ e-cards for people to send to anyone they know with a mental illness. ‘Time to change’ have launched this initiative to help open up a dialogue about mental health. They are urging people to send these cards to anyone they might know with a mental illness to break the silence. According to research this is a rare practice with only 1 in 4 people with a mental illness receiving ‘get well soon’ cards when 80% of them said they would appreciate this.
Time to change recently launched an advertising campaign to encourage people to talk about mental health and illustrate how small things can really help. Click here to read more.
I think any conversation starters are a positive thing. I don’t quite get these, though – perhaps the mental health space is just too foreign to me.