As well as doing some more filming in St Andrews today, we also spent some time in Broughty Ferry with Sam and Duncan, two of Ben's friends from school.  It was interesting to hear their views on Ben's situation and how it affected the relationships they had with him.

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Earlier in the week, we spoke to Mark ford from Student Services in St Andrews to find out more about the support on offer to students, particularly in relation to mental health.  A former GP, Mark has been working with Student Services for some time now as he has a pa...

It was back to St Andrews today to see the work of Student Services who had arranged a variety of stress-busting activities for students during the stressful exam period.  Today there was a petting zoo featuring some cuddly animals (as well as others which were not so...

It's often easy to forget that the families and friends of people with mental health problems can also be affected.  In this interview, Ben speaks to his mum and sister about their reaction when he spoke about his illnes

s with them and their desire to support him throu...

This morning, we have released a trailer for the film featuring some of the people who have been interviewed so far.  Also today, in a rather cold and wet Dundee, Willie Rennie spoke about mental health provision and the intentions of LibDems to remove the stigma from...

Today we recorded an interview with Deborah Chapman who runs the "How it Felt" enterprise project which uses puppets as a means of providing a voice for people who have difficulties with discussing their mental health problems.  Deborah organises different workshops an...

Things have been a bit quiet over the last couple of weeks, mainly due to the fact that Ben has been studying for exams.  However, the Easter holidays are almost upon us and there are plans for getting loads more filming done over the next few weeks.  Keep checking bac...

Back in St Andrews today to meet with Nick Farrer who is the director of St Andrews Nightline.  This is a confidential listening information service run by students, for students.  Nick explained how the service works and ways in which students can get in touch.  The s...

Today saw the start of St Andrews University's mental health awareness week and one of the first events organised by Laura Briody was the Shared Experiences talks from current students tonight.  Ben was one of three speakers (along with Laua and a fellow student called...

We are delighted that Willie Rennie, leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, was able to join us to do an interview in St Andrews today.  Mental health is a key issue for the LibDems and Willie has plans to revolutionise the care and support offered to sufferers.  We...