Mental Health and Wellbeing

LGBT Headspace

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LGBT Headspace is the Mental Health and Wellbeing programme at the LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing. This programme consists of courses, workshops, groups and events. It aims to promote the mental health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including those questioning their sexual orientation or gender identity. The programme is also open to friends, families and workers of LGBT people.

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One of the reasons the programme exists is that the social hostility, stigma and discrimination sometimes faced by LGBT people can have a negative impact on mental health and wellbeing.

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We all have a mental health, and you do not need to have a diagnosis of mental ill health to access the programme. LGBT Headspace looks both at ways of living with diagnoses such as depression or personality disorders, and at promoting mental wellbeing, such as through relaxation techniques or life skills courses offering ways of combating low mood.

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The programme offers an opportunity to meet other people with similar experiences or feelings.

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LGBT Mental Health Demonstration Project

The LGBT Centre for Health and Wellbeing launched its groundbreaking Mental Health Demonstration Project in July 2010. The project has two objectives; the first to establish and deliver an effective LGBT Mental Health Service for Lothian and the second to start building an evidence base around how we can reduce this harm inequality across Scotland in the longer term. Click here to read the Impact Report from July 2010 - September 2011.  Click here to read the Equal Access Report November 2012.