Mission to combat mental health prejudice

A film designed to combat the stigma and prejudice often associated with mental health issues was launched at Jewish Care’s Martin B Cohen Centre for Wellbeing in Edgware on World Mental Health Day.

Park Bench was written and produced by some of the charity’s mental health educators in association with Magpie Motion Productions.

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Health trust's dedicated role

NHS Salford is hiring its first dedicated Jewish support worker to improve the uptake of mental health treatments among the community.

It is hoped the primary care trust-sponsored one-year position will spread awareness of self-help techniques to tackle depression and anxiety and facilitate more intensive treatments for conditions such as schizophrenia.

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Hackney Council force man to fend for himself

The sister of a schizophrenic man who has lived in a Jewish Care home for 20 years has said she fears for his life after a London council decided he should live alone.

Hackney Council has arranged to move Allan Basser, 64, into independent accommodation in Clapton next week, with 19 hours a week of care.

According to a council spokeswoman, Mr Basser had requested the move, but his sister, Jo

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Computer venture has dual benefits

Mental health charity Jami has gone into the computer trade as a means of giving employment to its clients and helping the less fortunate.

Jami service users Harvey Miller and Robert Cohen are leading a project to refurbish run-down machines, destroying all personal data in the process. The computers will then be sold on cheaply to those in need.

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Guests are icing on Jami cake

Jewish mental health charity Jami has hosted visitors from a similar Israeli organisation in what is hoped will be the start of a productive long-term relationship.

During a London trip, five representatives of Enosh, the Israeli Mental Health Association, met members of the Jami team to discuss strategies.

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