High praise for mental health worker

A MENTAL health worker based in Rotherham has just missed out on an award to find the great and good people working in the mental health field.

The achievements of Jason Tune, a support time and recovery worker for the early intervention in psychosis service based at Swallownest Court, have been recognised by mental health organisation Mental Healthy and national charities SANE, the Mental Health Foundation and the Centre for Mental Health and Emergence.

Drawing on his experience of mental illness and subsequent recovery, Jason helps service users in his work at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust and spends all his spare time writing.

He was shortlisted in the “Creative hero-writer” category for his second book Stigma: Worse than Psychosis.

An active metal health campaigner, Jason said: “My direct mental health issues had a serious enough effect on their own.

“However, the emphasis of this book is on the stigma generated as a result of my illness, which I feel has been a much greater problem over the years for both me and others similarly afflicted.”

Charlotte Fantelli, Mental Healthy founder, said: “The work Jason has done in this area shone out and we want to personally congratulate him on his achievements.

People like Jason make such a great difference to people's lives, it is truly special, and we want to recognise that.

“Every shortlisted candidate has done something extraordinary in an area that takes great strength and human kindness; every one of them is a hero who deserves recognition.”

For more information on the awards, visit www.mentalhealthy.co.uk/mental-health-awards.http://www.mentalhealthy.co.uk/mental-health-awards

 

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