Art Exhibition Review – Madge Gill: Medium and Visionary – Orleans House Gallery

Art Exhibition Review – Madge Gill: Medium and Visionary – Orleans House Gallery

To mark today’s World Mental Health Day, which focuses this year on older adults, we’re posting a review of last night’s opening of Madge Gill: Medium and Visionary at Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham. Continue reading

Tame the Black Dog – WHO Film for World Mental Health Day 2012

It’s World Mental Health Day today and the focus this year is on depression.

The World Health Organization have produced an animated video about the condition, written, illustrated and narrated by Matthew Johnstone.

This compact yet comprehensive little film features a black dog, an age old metaphor for depression. According to the WHO, more than 350 million people worldwide are affected, of all ages and from diverse backgrounds.

WHO Film link: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC07-dOwgza1IguKA86jqxNA

Creative Commons Photo Lecates 2007, Newtown, Alpharetta, GA, US

Creative Commons Photo: Lecates 2007, Newtown, Alpharetta, GA, US