At Mind, we define resilience as an individual’s ability to deal with and adapt to challenging circumstances, and stay mentally well. We’ve identified three elements we believe lie at the heart of resilience: wellbeing, social connections and having ways to cope with difficult events.
It is well established that people with long-term physical health conditions (LTC) are at greater risk of developing mental health problems than the general population. Building on its work to increase the resilience of other at risk groups, Mind has developed a six-week course that aims to improve the wellbeing, resilience, and confidence to self-manage of people with heart conditions, diabetes, and arthritis.
Funded by the Department of Health’s Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development fund (IESD), a pilot of the programme was delivered in two locations – Birmingham and Manchester – between September 2014 and March 2016. 248 participants completed all six session of the course and a further 220 attended at least one session but did not complete the whole course. Manchester Mind recruited almost double the number of participants of Birmingham Mind (340 and 128 respectively). However, a lower proportion of participants completed the course in Manchester (46%) than in Birmingham (72%).
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)
CORE (COnnecting REpositories)