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SDC aims to achieve enhanced mental health and wellbeing for people in Scotland and beyond. SDC’s vision Mental health is a vital resource that individuals, families, communities and societies need, to be able to thrive. SDC will work with others to create the conditions and opportunities for everyone to enjoy mental health and wellbeing, to draw attention to inequalities in mental health and to seek to address these inequalities. Everyone’s mental health is important. Improving mental health is everyone’s business. SDC will take a lead in promoting awareness of the centrality of mental health and wellbeing to sustainable economic, social and cultural development and in encouraging action to improve the mental health of the population. SDC’s aims are to:
SDC’s objectives are to promote and facilitate:
We continue to be committed to working in partnership with others to achieve better mental health for individuals, families and communities. The SDC Team Go to our people page to find out who’s who in SDC.
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latest news Health, Work and Wellbeing in the Third Sector Evidence Based Supported Employment Paper Arts accessibility for people with mental health problems SDC feel that more should be done to make arts venues accessible to people with mental health problems. SDC has conducted an evaluation of the process and impact of Survivarts. Survivarts, run by West Lothian Council, aims to provide adult survivors of sexual abuse with regular arts activity to improve their general wellbeing. Living Better is an ongoing initiative which aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of people with diabetes, chronic heart disease (CHD) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). For further information on this initiative and to download factsheets, please visit our Living Better page. Scottish Primary Care Mental Health Research and Development Programme Bulletin Bulletin 6 (May 2010) |
