I am delighted to welcome our first guest speaker: Bhawana Limbu who is a Nepalese Community Mental Health Recovery Worker.

In this episode, Bhawana gives us a glimpse of what it is like working in Mental health and supporting Nepalese people living in the UK.

We discuss secondary mental health care: CMHRS and EIIP and the difference between these teams and what support is available. 

Lastly, Bhawana gives advice for anyone in need of support and amazing tips to cope with Worry!

Bhawana is also a key member of @hamiunited- an online community who aims to promote social cohesion and eradicate Caste Based Discrimination in the UK Nepalese community.

Please follow @hamiunited and click the link below for the survey: https://s.surveyplanet.com/B6EX8KSMb

Please share the link above with your friends and help us reach closer to eradicate caste-based discrimination: Let's all do our part!

In our first podcast, I talk about the importance of mental health and available mental health services for people living in the UK. 

I also talk about a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy technique called- STOP.

Explore these resources to understand more about what is mental health:

https://www.mind.org.uk/

https://www.talkplus.org.uk/ (Anxiety, Worry and Depression explanation in Nepali and Free COVID-19 Helpful Resources)

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/b/black-asian-and-minority-ethnic-bame-communities

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/mental-health-helplines/

Namaste, I’m your host Seema Shrestha and welcome to Hamro.Bichar This podcast is made for Nepalese people to raise awareness about mental health, provide advice and signposting information regarding current mental health problems.