Fact Sheets
Here you can find a range of factsheets to support and inform the activities you are planning for National Men's Health Week. They cover
a broad range of subjects and issues, reflecting the nature of NMHW in focusing on men and mental wellbeing in the broadest sense. (please not there is also a lot more information on the Resources page).
'See Me' Fact Sheets (click on the links below to download the pdf factsheet)
Mental Health and Public Risk (pdf)Secure Care in Scotland (pdf)
Borderline Personality Disorder (pdf)
Depression (pdf)
Eating Disorders (pdf)
Bipolar (Manic Depression) (pdf)
Schizophrenia (pdf)
Self-Harm (pdf)
Suicide (pdf)
SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health)
some of the pdfs can be downloaded below, there are more available on the SAMH Website including information on welfare benefits and drug treatments.
After a Suicide (pdf)
Panic Attacks (pdf)
Mental Distress - How to Help (pdf)
Discrimination - Know your Rights (pdf)
Mental Health Officers: Services, Structure and Support. Scottish Executive Social Research, 2003.
Web version
National Programme for Improving Mental Health and Well-Being action plan 2003-2006. Scottish Executive, September 2003.
Web Version
Mind the gaps: Meeting the needs of people with co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems. Report of the joint working group. Scottish Executive, 2003.
Web version
Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. The Stationery Office, April 2003.
Web version
Consultation Paper on the Mental Health Law Research Programme. Scottish Executive, March 2003.
Web version
Choose Life: A National Strategy and Action Plan to Prevent Suicide in Scotland. Scottish Executive, December 2002.
Web version
Draft Mental Health (Scotland) Bill. Scottish Executive, 2002.
Web version
National Framework for the Prevention of Suicide and Deliberate Self-Harm in Scotland. Scottish Executive, Health Department, 2001.
Web version
Millan committee review of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1984: 2nd Consultation. Scottish Executive, 2000.
Web version
A Framework for Mental Health Services in Scotland. Scottish Executive, 1997.
Web version
This informative document from the Eating Disorders Association (EDA) was produced in 2000, and can be downloaded by clicking on the link above. It focuses on the provision of treatment and services available for men, as well as including an overview of the situation relating to men and eating disorders.
Mental health: Strengthening mental health promotion
The positive dimension of mental health is stressed in WHO's definition of health as contained in its constitution: "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." WHO's 191 member states have endorsed this sweeping statement.
Mental health problems: the undefined and hidden burden (WHO)
The undefined burden of mental problems refers to the economic and social burden for families, communities and countries. Although obviously substantial, this burden has not been efficiently measured. This is because of the lack of quantitative data and difficulties in measuring and evaluating. The hidden burden refers to the burden associated with stigma and violations of human rights and freedoms. Again, this burden is difficult to quantify. This is a major problem throughout the world, as many cases remain concealed and unreported.
Developing Nursing Resources for Mental Health
This factsheet was produced by the International Council of Nurses. The Nursing Matters fact sheets provide quick reference information and international perspectives from the nursing profession on current health and social issues.
Project Atlas was launched by WHO in 2000 in an attempt to map mental health resources in the world. These data are needed at the country level to assess the current situation and to assist in developing plans and at the regional and global levels to develop an aggregate picture of the available mental health resources and the overall needs.
The following fact sheet is provided by the World Health Organization:
Strengthening Mental Health Promotion: Mental Health is Not Just the Absence of Mental Disorder
The following links provide background statistical information on mental health in the UK, from the National Office of Statistics:
Mental Health - Mental disorders more common in boys
Lifetime experience of stressful life events: by type of event and gender, 2000: Social Trends 32
During the last two years, the Department of Health, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Executive and the Northern Ireland Assembly have all published major health strategies
Attitudes to Mental Illness The survey presents data from the seventh survey of attitudes to mental illness in Great Britain.
Mental Health of Children and Young People, Great Britain 2004
Presents the findings of a survey of the mental health of children and young people, aged 5-16, in Great Britain.