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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.
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.
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latest news As of 1st February 2011, the SDC became part of the Mental Health Foundation. This union will create a stronger third sector voice for mental health in Scotland by bringing together two charities with a shared vision and purpose and a combined 75 years' worth of experience in improving mental health policy and practice in Scotland. Find out more at the Mental Health Foundation website Primary Care Bulletin 8 Download the latest bulletin here See the Primary Care page for links to previous bulletins Community Food and Health Bulletin There is a growing body of research which evidences the link between food, mental health and wellbeing, and an increasing number of organisations in Scotland that are putting this evidence into practice in their day-to-day functioning. To recognise the variety of ways in which food is linked to mental health and wellbeing, SDC in collaboration with Community Food and Health (Scotland) have produced a Food, Mental Health and Wellbeing BulletinDownload the bulletin here Arts and mental health SDC are launching a new arts and mental health e-bulletin outlining the work we have developed to date and the contribution we have made to the evidence base. 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. |
