The Mental Health Writers’ Guild exists to provide a community open to all bloggers and writers who frequently write pieces which are either directly or indirectly related to mental health and mental well-being and where the perceived focus of said pieces is not to intentionally bring sufferers of mental illness or poor mental health, their family and friends, or those working within this field, into disrepute.
The Mental Health Writers’ Guild exists to encourage: positive, informative, inspirational writing in respect of Mental Health. Doing so in the hope of ..
a) furthering a greater understanding of the issues and challenges relating to Mental Health and Mental Well-being.
b) addressing and working towards the reduction and removal of the stigma often attached to poor mental health and/or mental illness.
c) keeping people advised of any progress, research, developments or discoveries within the field of Mental Health and Mental Well-being.
Likewise, The Mental Health Writers’ Guild seeks to encourage support and unity between all those writing about Mental Health and especially within Guild members.
Access to membership of the Guild is free and voluntary and is via direct application or by nomination from a third-party and details of how to apply or to nominate someone can be found on our ‘MEMBERSHIP‘ page.
Please note that: The inclusion of a blog or site in the Membership of the Mental Health Writers Guild should in no way be taken to infer or imply that the Guild and /or it’s members endorse or agree with all of the content of that blog or site. membership of the Guild simply requires a main focus of that blog or site to be about Mental Health and Mental Wellness and is not specific to individual beliefs or opinions other than that the blog/site represents mental health and those who suffer from mental health related issues in a positive light.
Additionally and most importantly: The Mental Health Writer’s Guild is a voluntary, non-profit, non-professional community. Membership to to the Guild does not and is not intended in itself to imply. infer, or confer any form of professional or accredited status on it’s members.
Kevin–I’m so impressed that you have the vision and energy to put together a guild like this. It’s a great idea, and I think I have a blog to nominate that will be great for you (I’ll do it through the proper channels). I’d love to join myself, but not all my posts are directly related to mental health, so I’ll just have to follow from the sidelines, which I’m sure will be illuminating. Best of luck with your enterprise, Candida
Hi Candida,
Thankyou for your kind words, there are so many really great blogs out there and I am just glad to be a part of it all and so encouraged by the response.
In terms of the blog you are thinking of nominating yes please do, either nominate them or approach the blogger in question and get them to consider it.
In terms of you own blog, not every piece on a person’s blog needs to be about mental health I just ask that it is one of the main themes and that anything written has been written in a way that is positive and not negative concerning mental health. So please feel free to join us.
Hope you are well
Kind Regard,
Kevin.
Have already approached the person I spoke about and am waiting to hear back. Why don’t I try membership, and if we find that topics like parenting or finances in marriage aren’t directly enough related to your vision of the guild, why you’ll just let me know? Best regards, Candida
Hi Candida,
Sounds like a plan to me
Kind Regards,
Kevin
Thank you so much for including me in the Guild. I may be the blogger of whom she speaks
as Candida is the one who nominated me.. Just a thought. 
I would put my 2 cents in if I may and I think her blog is very relevant and although I have not read on every topic she has written on, I can say that from a bipolar viewpoint, the information she imparts is helpful, current and she writes in a way that is…caring. I have often read pieces, especially about medication and some of the down sides of bipolar that have left me feeling, sad or hopeless – such is the nature of the beast, but every time I have read something on Candida’s blog, I have felt like there is hope. Very thorough and helpful. Every time I have asked a question she has answered it and if she didn;t know the answer she found it later and included it or even wrote other posts about it. – I have been more willing to consider the things that must be considered after reading it in her blog. I think that is pretty positive writing for mental well being so I am glad to see you have included her as well. 
Thank you both. LizzieC
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Having just now found this site, what a valuable forum and gathering place. How important to know that we are not alone and this community is a great asset. Thanks.
Hi Terry,
Good to hear from you and glad you liked the site. Sorry for the late response I have been unwell.
Check out the site and if you feel it is appropriate why not consider becoming a member?
Kind regards and God bless you.
Kevin
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