Mental Health Awareness week focuses on 5 steps to wellbeing

The Public Health Agency (PHA) is urging people to use Mental Health Awareness Week, which runs from May 16-22, to think about their own mental health and what they can do to improve it.

By The Newsroom

Published 21st May 2016, 09:00 GMT

It is recommending that people adopt the five steps to wellbeing: connect with friends or family, be active, take notice of your surroundings, keep learning on hobbies and courses, and give back to friends and the community, for example by volunteering.

Senior Health and Social Wellbeing Improvement Officer at the PHA Amanda O’Neill said: “By adopting the Take 5 Steps to Wellbeing, and introducing them into everyday life, we can improve our mental health.”

For more information visit www.mindingyourhead.info, or talk to your GP for advice.

If you or someone you know is in distress or despair, call Lifeline confidentially on 0808 808 8000 or visit www.lifelinehelpline.info.