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class="block block-core block-page-title-block"> <h1 class="page-title"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Body image and mental health: our policy perspective</span> </h1> </div> <div class="views-element-container block block-views block-views-blockstandfirst-block-block-1" id="block-mhf-theme-views-block-standfirst-block-block-1"> <div><div class="view view-standfirst-block view-id-standfirst_block view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-4cefc003263927d2d9ad8919f62c193ff9be582cc816f811a4e7ad79409f7bcd"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-field-standfirst"><div class="field-content"><p>Learn about the key links between body image and mental health, and the key actions that government need to take.</p> </div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-mhf-theme-content" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article> <div> <div class="field--name-field-paragraphs field--name-field-page-sections"> <div class="c-paragraph paragraph--type--full-width-text paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout c-paragraph-background-white"> <a id="paragraph-54496"></a> <div class="l-container l-flow"> <div> <div class="c-prose l-flow field field--name-field-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>This policy summary is </strong><a href="/our-work/policy-and-advocacy" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a8e8fd12-4c07-4d51-9960-7aea87dd62e6" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Policy and advocacy"><strong>part of a series</strong></a><strong> setting out the major changes needed to improve mental health in the UK. It draws upon Mental Health Foundation (MHF) research and analysis which can be found in the 'further reading’ section.</strong></p><h2>Content</h2><ul><li><a href="#paragraph-54501"><strong>What is body image?</strong></a></li><li><a href="#paragraph-54506"><strong>Overview of the evidence</strong></a></li><li><a href="#paragraph-54511"><strong>Core principles and approach</strong></a></li><li><a href="#paragraph-54516 "><strong>Recommendations for action</strong></a></li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph paragraph--type--full-width-text paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout c-paragraph-background-white"> <a id="paragraph-54501"></a> <div class="l-container l-flow"> <h2>What is body image?</h2> <div> <div class="c-prose l-flow field field--name-field-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>‘Body image’ describes how we think and feel about our bodies. Having body image concerns is not itself a mental health problem, but being concerned about body image heightens the risk of experiencing mental health problems.<sup>1</sup></p><p>Thoughts and feelings about our bodies can be complex. The concept of body image can include: how we view our bodies and how accurate this perception is; how satisfied we are with our bodies and appearance; and how much other people’s opinions about our appearance affect our feelings about ourselves.<sup>2,3,4,5</sup>  </p><p>Having a positive body image means being satisfied with our body, holding respect for it, appreciating and accepting its abilities, and having a healthy balance between valuing our body and valuing other aspects of ourselves.<sup>6,7,8</sup>  </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph paragraph--type--full-width-text paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout c-paragraph-background-white"> <a id="paragraph-54506"></a> <div class="l-container l-flow"> <h2>Overview of the evidence</h2> <div> <div class="c-prose l-flow field field--name-field-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><h4>The relationship between body image and people's mental and physical health</h4><p>Higher body dissatisfaction is associated with a poorer quality of life and psychological distress,<sup>9</sup> a higher likelihood of depression symptoms,<sup>10,11</sup> and the risk of unhealthy eating behaviours and eating disorders.<sup>12,13</sup> There is a close link with mental health problems such as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) and anorexia and bulimia. </p><h4>Young People</h4><p>Our 2019 research found that 40% of teenagers felt worried, 37% felt upset, and 31% felt ashamed because of their body image.<sup>14</sup>  </p><p>Body dissatisfaction and a pressure to be thin have been linked to both depressive symptoms among young people,<sup>15,16</sup>and anxiety.<sup>17</sup> Weight and body mass index (BMI) are correlated with body dissatisfaction, with young people who are overweight or obese reporting more depressive symptoms and lower self-esteem than their peers.<sup>18,19</sup> There is a higher likelihood of suicidal thoughts among young women who report extreme weight control behaviours (e.g. taking diet pills, diuretics or laxatives).<sup>20</sup>  </p><p>In contrast, body satisfaction and appreciation are linked to better overall wellbeing<sup>21</sup> and fewer unhealthy dieting behaviours.<sup>22,23</sup></p><h4>Adults</h4><p>Body image concerns affect adults, too. Surveys we carried out in 2019  found that only 21% of adults felt satisfied because of their body image in the last year, while one in five adults (20%) felt shame, and 19% felt disgusted because of their body image. Just over one third said they had ever felt anxious (34%) or depressed (35%), and one in eight (13%) had experienced suicidal thoughts or feelings because of their body image. </p><h4>What influences our body image?</h4><p>Body image is influenced by a variety of societal factors: our relationships with our parents, wider family and friends;<sup>24</sup> how our parents, wider family and peers feel and speak about bodies and appearance;<sup>25,26</sup> exposure to images of ‘idealised’ or unrealistic bodies through mass media and social media<sup>27,28,29</sup> image-editing apps,<sup>30</sup>and pressure to look a certain way or to match an ‘ideal’ body type,<sup>31,32</sup> image-editing apps,<sup>33</sup> and pressure to look a certain way or to match an ‘ideal’ body type.<sup>34</sup> </p><p>Public mental health approaches to prevent harm, and foster resilience to such influences, must start in childhood. Prevention efforts should include widespread sharing of advice on how parents and carers can foster a positive body image in young children;<sup>35</sup> this is also important knowledge for the early years workforce.<br> <br>Interventions and campaigns have mostly targeted predominantly white, female and middle-class populations and few are culturally specific.<sup>36</sup> There is therefore a need to carry out specific work targeted at other demographics, in order to understand how effective interventions are for different groups, including people from racialised communities.<br> </p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph paragraph--type--full-width-text paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout c-paragraph-background-white"> <a id="paragraph-54511"></a> <div class="l-container l-flow"> <h2>Core principles and approach</h2> <div> <div class="c-prose l-flow field field--name-field-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><ul><li>Everyone has a right to feel comfortable and confident in their own skin and we can take small actions in our daily lives to help foster a more accepting environment. </li><li>Much of the damage done to our mental health in society is driven by commercial practice. Governments, regulators and corporations themselves have a role in protecting us from this harm.</li><li>Advertisers and social media companies have a particular role in damaging many people’s body image, and their regulators must do more to improve practice. </li><li>Instead of striving towards a single body ideal, we should all – individually, professionally and corporately – look to shape a society that embraces and champions the diversity of the human race. Body image is a public health issue that cuts across many parts of society, and responsibility for addressing it cannot sit in just one government department.<br> </li></ul></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph paragraph--type--full-width-text paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout c-paragraph-background-white"> <a id="paragraph-54516"></a> <div class="l-container l-flow"> <h2>Recommendations for action</h2> <div> <div class="c-prose l-flow field field--name-field-body-wysiwyg field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Government departments should work with arms-length bodies and industry to mitigate the body-image pressures people experience and interrupt the causal pathways that can lead to these significant harms to people’s mental health, as follows.</p><h4>Regulating the online environment to reduce body image-related harms</h4><ul><li>The UK government’s recently-passed Online Safety Act is welcome, but looks unlikely to protect users from excessive levels of content that projects unrealistic body standards which can harm people. The legislation should be revisited to fully keep children safe from being algorithmically served excessive content that presents idealised body images, and to give adults the clear choice over whether they see it.</li><li>Legislation should be introduced to put mandatory age restrictions on body- and face-editing apps, so that they can only be used by adults. Currently most apps have no age restrictions, thus often allowing children as young as five to download and use them. </li><li>Social media companies should investigate new ways of using their platforms to promote positive body image and to ensure that a diversity of body types is presented positively to their users.</li></ul><h4>Advertising</h4><ul><li>DHSC should work closely with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to tackle body-image pressures linked to advertising: </li><li>DHSC should encourage the ASA to update its Social responsibility: body image guidance to reflect a broader definition of unhealthy body image.</li><li>The ASA’s sister organisation, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), should recognise body image as a distinct harm and reflect this in the Codes governing non-broadcast and broadcast advertising.</li></ul><h4>Education and media literacy</h4><ul><li>Early intervention in schools can be an effective way to reduce the impact of appearance-based bullying on people’s body image and wider mental health, and this should be an explicit focus of programmes to tackle bullying.  </li><li>Departments for education across all nations of the UK should include education on promoting body positivity in the Health Education curriculum.<sup>39</sup> An example of this can be found in Scotland where a key action of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategy Delivery Plan 2023-25 is to develop a resource for schools to support conversations with young people on topics such as body image, screen time and social media.<sup>40</sup></li><li>A body image and media literacy toolkit co-produced with young people, that includes content on critically appraising how commercial interests seek to influence consumers through use of body ‘ideals’, should also be a compulsory element of the curriculum. </li></ul><h4>Public health advice, training, and campaigns</h4><p>There is a role for many parts of government to help support people’s body image. For example:</p><ul><li>The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) and public health agencies in the devolved administrations should update their parenting advice to include how parents and carers can from a very early age positively influence children’s feelings about their bodies,  and the NHS should ensure that training and guidance on parenting and healthy eating is provided to GPs, health visitors, dietitians, social care staff and other frontline practitioners.</li><li>The UK government should review and critically evaluate the psychological impact of its obesity campaigns and move towards a more evidence-based strategy of this type, while also tackling the unhealthy environments that lead to obesity, as recommended by the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee.  </li></ul><p><em>Published: October 2024. For Review: April 2025.</em></p></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph c-paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout"> <a id="paragraph-54526"></a> <div class="l-container"> <div class="c-accordion l-flow--small" data-c-accordion=""> <div class="c-paragraph c-paragraph--type--accordion-item paragraph--type--accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default c-accordion__item" data-c-accordion-item> <button class="c-accordion__trigger" data-c-accordion-trigger>References</button> <div class="c-accordion__content" data-c-accordion-content> <div class="l-flow"> <p>1 Mental Health Foundation (May 2019). <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-08/Body%20Image%20-%20How%20we%20think%20and%20feel%20about%20our%20bodies.pdf">Body Image: How we think and feel about our bodies</a>. London: Mental Health Foundation.</p><p>2 Burrowes, N. 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J Soc Psychol. 2018 Sep 3;158(5):541–52.</p><p>22 Andrew R, Tiggemann M, Clark L. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26727595/">Predictors and Health-Related outcomes of positive body image in adolescent girls: A prospective study</a>. Dev Psychol. 2016 Mar;52(3):463–74.</p><p>23 Gillen MM. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25682474/">Associations between positive body image and indicators of men’s and women’s mental and physical health</a>. Body Image. 2015 Mar;13:67–74.</p><p>24 Holsen I, Jones DC, Birkeland MS. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22391409/">Body image satisfaction among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: A longitudinal study of the influence of interpersonal relationships and BMI</a>. Body Image. 2012 Mar;9(2):201–8.</p><p>25 Neves CM, Cipriani FM, Meireles JFF, Morgado FF da R, Ferreira MEC. <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5606170/">Body image in childhood: An integrative literature review</a>. Rev Paul Pediatr. 2017;35(3):331–9.</p><p>26 Neumark-Sztainer D, Bauer KW, Friend S, Hannan PJ, Story M, Berge JM. F<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2921129/">amily weight talk and dieting: How much do they matter for body dissatisfaction and disordered eating behaviors in adolescent girls?</a> J Adolesc Heal. 2010. Sep;47(3):270–6.</p><p>27 Burrowes, N. Report for Government Equalities Office (May 2013), <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7c5342e5274a2041cf33f6/120715_RAE_on_body_image_final.pdf">Body image - a rapid evidence assessment of the literature</a>. London.</p><p>28 Holland G, Tiggemann M. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26995158/">A systematic review of the impact of the use of social networking sites on body image and disordered eating outcomes</a>. Body Image. 2016; 17:100-10</p><p>29 Cafri G, Yamamiya Y, Brannick M, Thompson JK. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/50472979/The_Influence_of_Sociocultural_Factors_on_Body_Image_A_Meta_Analysis">The influence of sociocultural factors on body image: A meta-analysis</a>. Clin Psychol Sci Pract. 2005 May 11;12(4):421–33.</p><p>30 Mental Health Foundation, University of Birmingham and Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group (2020).  <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Image-editing-apps-and-mental-health-report.pdf">Image-editing apps and mental health: Briefing on reducing the influence of the commercial determinants of health</a>. London: Mental Health Foundation.</p><p>31 Cafri G, Yamamiya Y, Brannick M, Thompson JK. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/50472979/The_Influence_of_Sociocultural_Factors_on_Body_Image_A_Meta_Analysis">The influence of sociocultural factors on body image: A meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Sci Pract</a>. 2005 May 11;12(4):421–33.</p><p>32 Cafri G, Yamamiya Y, Brannick M, Thompson JK. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/50472979/The_Influence_of_Sociocultural_Factors_on_Body_Image_A_Meta_Analysis">The influence of sociocultural factors on body image: A meta-analysis</a>. Clin Psychol Sci Pract. 2005 May 11;12(4):421–33.</p><p>33 Mental Health Foundation, University of Birmingham and Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group (2020).  I<a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Image-editing-apps-and-mental-health-report.pdf">mage-editing apps and mental health: Briefing on reducing the influence of the commercial determinants of health</a>. London: Mental Health Foundation.</p><p>34 Cafri G, Yamamiya Y, Brannick M, Thompson JK. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/50472979/The_Influence_of_Sociocultural_Factors_on_Body_Image_A_Meta_Analysis">The influence of sociocultural factors on body image: A meta-analysis. Clin Psychol Sci Pract</a>. 2005 May 11;12(4):421–33.</p><p>35 Hart LM, Damiano SR, Chittleborough P, Paxton SJ, Jorm AF. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25084034/">Parenting to prevent body dissatisfaction and unhealthy eating patterns in preschool children: A Delphi consensus study. Body Image</a>. 2014 Sep;11(4):418–25.</p><p>36 George JBE, Franko DL. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19703916/">Cultural issues in eating pathology and body image among children and adolescents. J Pediatr Psychol</a>. 2010 Apr 1;35(3):231–42.</p><p>37 Mental Health Foundation, University of Birmingham and Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group (2020). <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Image-editing-apps-and-mental-health-report.pdf">Image-editing apps and mental health: Briefing on reducing the influence of the commercial determinants of health</a>. London: Mental Health Foundation.</p><p>38 Good prevention evidence exists for anti-bullying programmes – See: The Economic Case for Investing in the Prevention of Mental Health Conditions in the UK: <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Investing-in-Prevention-Full-Report.pdf">https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Investing-in-Prevention-Full-Report.pdf</a></p><p>39 Mental Health Foundation (July 2021). <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Mind-Over-Mirror-policy-document.pdf">Mind Over Mirror: Young people’s experiences of body image issues and their ideas for policy solutions</a>. </p><p>40 Scottish Government, Mental health and wellbeing strategy: delivery plan 2023-2025, Priority 2: Strategic Action 2.1, Available from: <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-wellbeing-delivery-plan-2023-2025/pages/15/">https://www.gov.scot/publications/mental-health-wellbeing-delivery-plan-2023-2025/pages/15/</a></p><p>41 Hart LM, Damiano SR, Chittleborough P, Paxton SJ, Jorm AF. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25084034/">Parenting to prevent body dissatisfaction and unhealthy eating patterns in preschool children: A Delphi consensus study. Body Image</a>. 2014 Sep;11(4):418–25.</p><p>42 Women and Equalities Committee. <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5357/documents/53751/default/">Changing the Perfect Picture: an inquiry into body image</a>. [Internet]. London; April 9 2021. <br> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph c-paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--type--accordion paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout"> <a id="paragraph-54536"></a> <div class="l-container"> <div class="c-accordion l-flow--small" data-c-accordion=""> <div class="c-paragraph c-paragraph--type--accordion-item paragraph--type--accordion-item paragraph--view-mode--default c-accordion__item" data-c-accordion-item> <button class="c-accordion__trigger" data-c-accordion-trigger>Further reading</button> <div class="c-accordion__content" data-c-accordion-content> <div class="l-flow"> <ul><li>Mental Health Foundation (May 2019). <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-08/Body%20Image%20-%20How%20we%20think%20and%20feel%20about%20our%20bodies.pdf">Body Image: How we think and feel about our bodies</a>. London: Mental Health Foundation.</li><li>Mental Health Foundation Scotland and University of Strathclyde (Spring 2019) #HealthySocialMedia: <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Healthy-Social-Media-Report-2019.pdf">A report on personal experiences of social media and strategies for building a positive relationship between social media use and body image. Building Positive Body Image on Social Media</a>. </li><li>Mental Health Foundation, University of Birmingham and Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group (2020).  <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Image-editing-apps-and-mental-health-report.pdf">Image-editing apps and mental health: Briefing on reducing the influence of the commercial determinants of health</a>. London: Mental Health Foundation.</li><li>Scottish Government and Mental Health Foundation Scotland (March 2020). <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Scotland-Body-image-report.pdf">Body Image: Recommendation report from the Scottish Government’s Body Image Advisory Group on Good Body Image</a>.</li><li>Mental Health Foundation (July 2021). <a href="https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-06/MHF-Mind-Over-Mirror-policy-document.pdf">Mind Over Mirror: Young people’s experiences of body image issues and their ideas for policy solutions</a>. </li><li><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/5357/documents/53751/default/">Report</a> of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry: Changing the perfect picture – an inquiry into body image. 9 April 2021. Note: This report mentions the Foundation eight times in the text and cites our image-editing apps research briefing twice.</li><li>Mental Health Foundation <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/43412/html/">written evidence</a> to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry into the impact of body image on mental and physical health. February 2022.</li><li><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/23284/documents/170077/default/">Report</a> of the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry into the impact of body image on mental and physical health. 2 August 2022.<br> </li></ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="c-paragraph paragraph--type--highlights paragraph--view-mode--default l-breakout"> <a id="paragraph-54611"></a> <div class="l-container"> <h2>Policy perspectives</h2> <div class="c-highlight-content"> <div class="field field--name-field-highlight field--type-link field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/our-work/policy-and-advocacy/nature-and-mental-health-our-policy-perspective">Nature and mental health</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/our-work/policy-and-advocacy/trauma-informed-practice-our-policy-perspective">Trauma-informed practice</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a 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href="/get-involved/fundraising" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3086">Fundraising</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_2949507-a1b4-46dd-ba61-32a7afe62b56 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/fundraising/do-your-own-fundraising" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3636">Do your own fundraising</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_c8a1d33-2da2-47a1-be27-66d43ea1f37b menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/fundraising/do-your-own-fundraising/tea-talk-world-mental-health-day" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2921">Tea & Talk for World Mental Health Day</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--cdaa6871-72c0-41e4-a63a-b1c71375b2a2 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/fundraising/do-your-own-fundraising/wear-it-green-day" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7436">Wear it Green Day</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_6a79554-492a-4504-bebb-745d63ae2a68 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/fundraising/do-your-own-fundraising/curry-chaat" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2896">Curry & Chaat</a> 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href="/get-involved/fundraising/third-party-events-terms-and-conditions" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8666">Third party events terms and conditions</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--ff68652d-f9ff-43fa-81d4-a7d1db479489 menu-name--main"> <a href="/our-work/public-engagement/mental-health-awareness-week" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4156">Mental Health Awareness Week</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_adbca06-9bc7-44e5-9f8d-2dc3d8555436 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/ways-donate" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/766">Ways to donate</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--cde30498-745a-4ff3-9292-2addc1a87f48 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/ways-donate/celebrate-your-wedding-supporting-good-mental-health-all" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5336">Celebrate your wedding by supporting good mental health for all</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_938ef35-4a43-443f-a1ea-51ec9a4f07e1 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/ways-donate/philanthropy" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5271">Philanthropy</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_1aabe65-f894-48ca-b27f-26cf50b4bd8a menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/ways-donate/donate-mental-health-foundation" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/556">Donate to the Mental Health Foundation</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--b33d8027-6702-47cf-b52f-386a5b44e78f menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/ways-donate/donate-mental-health-foundation/donate-support-mhaw" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/7216">Donate to support the Mental Health Foundation for Mental Health Awareness Week</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_0f56275-0992-43b1-b0cb-ad004accbdb3 menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/ways-donate/donate-mental-health-foundation/help-break-cycle-mental-health-awareness-week" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/8011">Help us break the cycle this Mental Health Awareness Week</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--b17777c7-9b3c-4215-8504-1158a70dfc00 menu-name--main"> <a 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Search, Save and Raise</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--fb314787-3c54-479f-b422-40eb4ce3469c menu-name--main"> <a href="/get-involved/corporate-partnerships" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3091">Corporate partnerships</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--a801fb78-9994-4406-a7fc-9b972aad50b5 menu-name--main"> <a href="https://mentalhealthfoundation.myshopify.com/">Shop</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--c6188ff9-c4bd-465f-ab87-71d75f50476e menu-name--main"> <a href="/explore-mental-health" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3166">Explore mental health</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--cd559b3c-d933-41c6-a6da-87578da55ba3 menu-name--main"> <a href="/explore-mental-health/articles" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3251">Articles</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_dbfc333-6049-400a-b3e5-cd30388ec290 menu-name--main"> <a href="/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics" data-drupal-link-system-path="a-z-topics">A to Z topics</a> </li> <li 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href="/about-us/news/our-joint-letter-sir-keir-starmer-about-online-safety-act" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/9311">Our joint letter to Sir Keir Starmer about the online safety act</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_aa5502a-d77a-40f2-841b-4dd1c8d33a06 menu-name--main"> <a href="/about-us/our-people" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1121">Our people</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--dbe5419a-afb4-42ed-a0a2-a936b89213b1 menu-name--main"> <a href="/about-us/our-people/aisha-sheikh-anene-0" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/646">Aisha Sheikh-Anene</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--a138be4e-abd3-4262-b644-0ae806ef0954 menu-name--main"> <a href="/about-us/annual-reports" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1611">Annual reports</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_117b443-dc0f-440a-bebf-ef9602b5ea1b menu-name--main"> <a href="/about-us/annual-reports/annual-reports-and-key-documents" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3151">Annual reports and key documents</a> </li> </ul> 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<a href="/node/5156" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5156">Past programmes in England</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--aabc9bcd-10d4-4e3f-b851-91cdb4c122f2 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/node/5201" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5201">Programmes for Adults in England</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--d7dff0a3-67d1-49ce-bf4d-cc8635baa545 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/node/5186" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5186">Programmes for families, children and young people in England</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_747cf84-9e37-4c36-adb5-76e5aaa0b12e menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/node/2716" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2716">Policy and advocacy in England</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--e8d83b1a-eeb3-4782-ad95-2a0ace041ba7 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/our-work/policy-and-advocacy/make-it-count-policy-briefing" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/6371">Make it Count: policy briefing</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li 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class="menu-item--_3f68955-1f60-4646-86c6-f2ab7f9259e4 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="https://mentalhealthfoundation.myshopify.com/">Shop</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_d63ad3f-4a67-462f-8be3-124fb85e1563 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/explore-mental-health" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3166">Explore mental health</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_9903b41-8d51-4451-9854-a5b97c31aa43 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics" data-drupal-link-system-path="a-z-topics">A to Z: Topics</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_3b326b8-0b65-4bca-9395-3b49071218d5 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/explore-mental-health/publications" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/3171">Publications</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_bebbd44-65d9-4581-acfe-c0c75af37421 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/about-us" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2336">About us</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--b9864cd3-5353-4cae-a819-c1933eb85ce5 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/about-us/jobs" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1481">Jobs</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--d6b97619-15f6-4fb5-a5d9-84bff25a1e37 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/about-us/news" data-drupal-link-system-path="news">News</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--eee8af3a-9994-45d2-a950-067f5ff19e21 menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/about-us/our-people" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1121">Our people</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--e8e53c08-93f9-4d84-b182-2378cbf772ca menu-name--main-en-eng"> <a href="/about-us/annual-reports" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1611">Annual reports</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_1651e11-cf4c-47bb-b8d6-19f882ca9d29 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/our-work" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1986">Our work</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_a613eaf-4313-4a9a-8067-7757d6520771 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/2146" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2146">Research in Scotland</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_426b3ac-53c0-4ef1-9b8d-7d37f025b603 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/our-work/research/loneliness-and-mental-health-report-uk" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4001">Loneliness research and policy report - Scotland</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_48e7fe9-8c66-434c-9def-a909d8340abe menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/our-work/programmes/refugees/refugee-health-policy-and-strategy-action-group/evaluation" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/4696">Refugee Health Policy and Strategy Action Group</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_9265f13-e02c-442d-a6ec-291438794565 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/2006" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2006">Programmes in Scotland</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_b2591b6-5bc0-4209-9199-4f665564021b menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/5181" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5181">Refugee programmes in Scotland</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--e9da3818-5f94-415d-b0b8-94a08af91307 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/5161" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5161">Past programmes in Scotland</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_ab0c232-4c65-48d2-90eb-e4966d5c0c4d menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/5211" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5211">Programmes for Adults in Scotland</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_e1f62f0-0973-4de2-bd30-1d3938b6ca99 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/5196" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/5196">Programmes for families, children and young people in Scotland</a> </li> <li class="menu-item--_39888b8-70f3-4081-bb93-d795d10f6de8 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/our-work/programmes/adults/voices-experience-vox" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/1931">Voices of Experience (VOX)</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="menu-item--_22e27a6-fe91-4e41-97c0-a771658b2935 menu-name--main-en-sct"> <a href="/node/2726" data-drupal-link-system-path="node/2726">Policy and advocacy in Scotland</a> <ul> <li class="menu-item--_d134efb-121b-4155-b900-00a49fe2ca6d 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