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2018It’s hard to think of an artist whose association with mental health is as great as Yayoi Kusama’s
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2015CALMzine, the magazine from the male suicide prevention charity, has been redesigned and it looks brilliant
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2020Timo Kuilder dissects his relationship with his bipolar father through a striking black-and-white illustrated book
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2016Vice and giffgaff release “Perspectives on Mental Health” short
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2021María Jesús Contreras’ illustrations are here to help make anxiety pangs more manageable
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2015Being creative and looking at art: what can it do for mental health?
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2025Amani Willett’s photobook journeys through chronic illness and ketamine therapy to reach his younger self
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2014Photography: Martha Fleming-Ives captures her father's deepening depression beautifully
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2017Introducing World Mental Health Day on It’s Nice That
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2024Yu Pan illustrates the ways in which Buddhist teachings can help us to alleviate stress and anxiety
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2016Photographer Amanda Jasnowski toys with faceless portraiture and the “therapeutic power of art”
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2017Nichtsein raises awareness of the factors that contribute to suicidal thoughts
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2025Calm’s This is Not a Drill campaign is a masterclass in using humour to deliver a vital message
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2024Polytechnic’s publication design for Hospital Rooms amplifies its impact on mental healthcare through art
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2017Tim Noble, Gary Card, Campbell Addy and more explore mental health in new exhibition
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2017Noa Snir visualises mental disorders through her series of minimalist linocut prints
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2018Kaye Blegvad on the making of Dog Years, her book about surviving depression
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2021How can art and design bring people together to improve our mental health?
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2021Stefy Loret de Mola graphically visualises cycles of depression, personality types and self-recognition
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2017Polyester's Ione Gamble on covering mental health sensitively, but not coyly
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2020“The chance to come up for air”: Law magazine’s poster competition shows there is always a light at the end of the tunnel
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2019Anna Ginsburg on the mental impact of a gruelling creative process, and her mission to rebalance
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2017The inner workings of Ori Toor's cerebral labyrinth for our World Mental Health Day takeover
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2023Pol-Edouard Flores illustrates retro characters and games with his spontaneous approach to drawing
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2019Sport, depression and Milton Keynes remain steadfast themes in illustrator Tom Guilmard's work
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2022Ruby Okoro on how he uses photography to help him process complex and challenging emotions
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2009Mind Design
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2021Spilling the tea on anxiety: two creative directors’ candid account of their mental health journeys
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2015Mental health and magic cats in Michael DeForge's First Year Healthy
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2016Ola Szmida animates our “bad thoughts” in this well-observed and funny short film
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2019Illustrator Adrian Forrow brings playful humour into the topic of mental health
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2018Steph Wilson speaks honestly about her relationship with mental health and photography
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2016Creative angst: a guide to getting over creative block, imposter syndrome and fear of the blank page
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2019Graphic Design is Mental: Tips for looking after your state of mind as a designer
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2021In his debut book, John Cei Douglas illustrates the plights of anxiety and depression
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2024Calm sets out to redesign Father’s Day one card at a time
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2017Comics Youth harnesses the power of the creative process to deal with mental health issues
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2012Jenn Ackerman bears witness to the reality of the criminally insane
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2016Jack Davison shoots parrots with PTSD for The New York Times Magazine
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2010Mind Design
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2021Pushing wild swimming into coordination, meet the synchronised swimmers of Henleaze Lake
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2009Social Suicide
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2022“Art became a coping mechanism”: How Ruby Etc. finds solace in drawing every day
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1972Oregon Mental Patients In The Wilds - Bill Eppridge
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2023Molly Kent’s tapestries explore how the internet affects our perception of self
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2019Nate Milton’s short film Eli is a personal tale of mental illness, racoons and alien abduction
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2020“I’m happy I have it”: Abel Kabel explores their recent diagnosis of Asperger’s Syndrome in their beautiful paintings
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2017Hanne Berkaak’s deeply moving and sensitive animation tackling self-harm
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Advertising Design
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20182018 was the year Ezra Miller learned to take care of his brain
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2023Aysha Tengiz on how illustration can be a “vulnerable” medium
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2024Headspace overhauls visual identity to become mental health all-rounder
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2024New Logo and Packaging for Coffee Foundation by Andrea Flemma and Paolo Vendramini
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2023Review of the Year 2023: Top 25 Features
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2025“Find somebody to speak to confidentially, someone you can lean on”
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2018Rabbits Road Press gives us a lesson in zine-making for wellbeing
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2021A MindFull Resource
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2025New Logo and Identity for Habilis by Biggie
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2009The Japanese Gallery of Psychiatric Art
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2021Out of your depth: when imposter syndrome meets creativity
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2018An illustrator and designer anonymously explain how to tackle a brief infringing on your mental health
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2014Photography: An interview with Mark Gerald, who photographs psychoanalysts' offices
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2017Director Raine Allen-Miller on visualising anxiety's many forms
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2019“I believe good work should be relatable”: Illustrator Lily Kong on combining humour and negative thoughts
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2026Max Lancaster’s Bunny And I is a delicate documentary on schizophrenia that swaps spectacle for sensitivity
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2018For Ginko Yang “drawing creates the same effects as a mental massage”
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2017Uncle Ginger uses hypnotic shapes to animate the facts and feelings of bipolar disorder
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2019Stefhany Lozano's latest series of paintings capture the feelings before a panic attack
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2015Everybody's 'appy: Ustwo's new creation is an app that acts like a therapist
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2024“It might be time to assess if it’s the right role for you. There’s no shame in prioritising your mental health.“
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2018Welcome to World Mental Health Day 2018 on It's Nice That
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2022Therapy and escapism: Gabriel Lopez on the healing power of photography
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