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An online archive of articles that have appeared in One in Four magazine and web-only exclusives. If you like what you read, there’s plenty more in each quarterly issue of One in Four.

One in Four spring 2013

The front cover of One in Four spring 2013

Telephone thing (available online)

If you’re terrified of talking on the telephone you might be surprised to find you’re not the only one.

I’m the boss of me (available online)

Is self-employment a good idea if you experience mental health difficulties?

One in Four winter 2012

An image of a snowy mountain top forming the cover of Winter One in Four magazine12 You’re gonna need someone on your side (available online)

The eight commandments for being a good ally to people with mental health
difficulties

16 In defence of fun (available online)

Without fun and pleasure, life is just surviving

One in Four Autumn 2012

The cover of One in Four Autumn 2012Can practice make perfect?

Just how do you help your GP to help you?

Pet shop joys

What do our pets do for our mental health?

 

From Summer 2012 One in Four

Cover of Summer 2012 One in FourThe Flower of Hope

Just how do we keep going when things look tough?

In a welfare state?

Changes to benefits explained

From Winter 2011 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Winter 2011Editorial: The Year of Keeping Going

One in Four‘s Editor Mark Brown on sticking it out through tough times.

The Year in Review

Major mental health stories of 2011 re-examined.

From Autumn 2011 One in Four

Editorial: It’s Up to Us

One in Four‘s Editor Mark Brown on holding on to hope.

Is Stigma a Useful Idea?

Just what is stigma, and is it helpful?

 

From Winter 2010 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Winter 2010Editorial: Hopes and Fears

One in Four‘s Editor Mark Brown on challenges and opportunities for 2011

Seven steps to making a change

Full article examining ways to start and run your own projects or ‘How to change the world, Do-it-Yourself style!’

The Broken of Britain: “‘Me too’ is more powerful than ‘just me’”

Interview with Kaliya Franklin of The Broken of Britain, a pressure group by disabled people, for disabled people

So what about this Big Society thing?

An online exclusive. Mark Brown discusses what the Big Society might mean for people with mental health difficulties

From Autumn 2010 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Autumn 2010Editorial: Keep on keeping on

One in Four‘s Editor Mark Brown on the importance of hope

Funny in the head?

Do you think mental health difficulty is funny?

So you want to be a blogger

An online exclusive. Mark Brown presents a simple guide to setting up and keeping a blog.

From Summer 2010 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Summer 2010Editorial: Moving Forward

One in Four two years on

In a lonely place

Loneliness is a more common problem than you’d think

Happy birthday

We look back over the first two years of One in Four

From Spring 2010 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Spring 2010Editorial: All change?

One in Four‘s Editor Mark Brown on making our voices heard in the general election

Don’t stop talking

What to do when you or someone you know is thinking about suicide

What the election means to you

Mental health and wellbeing in the general election 2010

From Autumn 2009 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Autumn 2009Editorial: New Beginnings

One in Four‘s Editor Mark Brown on tackling the challenges presented by mental health difficulty

News: Ministers’ question time

Care services minister, Phil Hope MP, and the shadow health minister, Anne Milton MP answer questions put forward by One in Four readers

Mental health round table

What do people with mental health difficulties make of the way that campaigners portray them?

A bit on the side

Medication side effects and how to understand them

“Everybody has a role”

Sue Baker, director of England’s largest ever mental health campaign, on changing opinions and taking risks

From Summer 2009 One in Four

Cover of One in Four Summer 2009Editorial: One

Editor Mark Brown on the first birthday of One in Four

Doing it ourselves

Starting your own project or getting involved in one is within reach

“People don’t fit in neat boxes”

Melba Wilson of Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health talks to One in Four about fairness

Side effects and the city

Medication, relationships, side effects and sex