Mental Health Guides for Creatives

We’ve gathered the best mental health resources from across the creative industry to support your wellbeing.

General Guides

Creative Unions

The Arts

Film/TV

Music

Writing

Mental Health Conditions

General Guides ?

National Health Service

5 steps to mental wellbeing from the NHS.

Wales TUC: Toolkits and Resources

Wales TUC has produced a number of toolkits that can be used in the workplace to assist with various areas of equality, education and environmental issues.

Mental Health Foundation

Mental Health Foundation’s best mental health tips.

ArtsMinds

ArtsMinds’ information hub to look after the creative industry.

Trade Union Congress

A guide to wellbeing and stress from the TUC.

Wales Arts Health & Well-being Network

WAHWN’s information and resource hub.

Mind

General mental health and wellbeing resources from Mind.

Helpu.org

A mental health hub for men in Wales, providing links to resources, local support and services.

Rethink

Advice and information about living with mental health from Rethink.

Heads Together

Guides to help tackle the stigma around mental health from Heads Together.

Togetherall

An online community to share your feelings, support each other, and start to feel better.

Creative Unions ?

Bectu

Bectu’s guide to what work-related stress is and how you and your employer can help you reduce it.

Musicians’ Union:

Musicians’ Union’s wellbeing guide for musicians.

Equity

Equity’s guide to accessing specialist help for your mental health.

Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

Mental health resources and links to support from the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain

Wellbeing Practice and Training for Musicians

Find out about Musicians’ Union’s Feldenkrais sessions, yoga and meditation tailored for musicians.

Musicians’ Union: What Is Being Done To Help? – Mental Health Support For Musicians

Musicians suffer more mental ill health than the general population, yet their lifestyles make them harder to support. The industry is now acting to provide mental health support for musicians.

Musicians’ Union: Stress Advice for Musicians

Advice on stress and performer-specific resources from BAPAM.

Music ?

Help Musicians

Mental health support and resources from Music Minds Matter.

Independent Society of Musicians

The music managers guide to mental health from the ISM.

MIND

Mental health and wellbeing guides for the music sector from MIND.

The Bulletproof Musician

A wellbeing and performance psychology blog for musicians, created by a professional musician.

The Arts?

BAPAM (British Association for Performing Arts Medicine)

An actor’s guide to self-care from BAPAM.

UK Theatre

UK Theatre’s mental health and wellbeing guide.

Theatre Art Life

Mental Health Tips for Performers in a Post-Pandemic World: a guide by Theatre Art Life

Writing ?

The AOI -The Association of Illustrators:

A mental health guide for creative freelancers from the Association of Illustrators.

The Society of Authors

Resources from the Society of Authors to help you look after yourself, especially when you’re working intensively or alone, or when financial or other pressures are getting too much.