{"id":6640,"date":"2019-01-23T18:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T18:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/prince-williams-says-celebrities-shunned-mental-health-charity\/"},"modified":"2019-01-23T18:57:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T18:57:00","slug":"prince-williams-says-celebrities-shunned-mental-health-charity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/prince-williams-says-celebrities-shunned-mental-health-charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Williams says celebrities shunned mental health charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape no-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Duke of Cambridge\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/14F51\/production\/_105314858_mediaitem105314857.jpg\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">EPA<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Prince William has said that every celebrity he asked to back his Heads Together mental health initiative three years ago refused.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Cambridge said &#8220;a lot&#8221; of people were approached, but no one wanted to be associated with mental illness. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, he urged firms to help people open up on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Heads Together was launched to help combat the stigma of mental health. <\/p>\n<p>It was started in 2017 with the backing of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry.<\/p>\n<p>The duke also spoke about his own struggles with mental health, saying there was one traumatic incident that he didn&#8217;t think he would &#8220;ever get over&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said if he hadn&#8217;t opened up to colleagues about the situation, he would have &#8220;gone down a slippery slope&#8221; mentally. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"story-body__unordered-list\">\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/health-46443379\" class=\"story-body__link\">How do you tackle stress in the workplace?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"story-body__list-item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46279724\" class=\"story-body__link\">Prince talks of &#8216;traumatic&#8217; 999 callouts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Looking visibly emotional, he said he still found the incident &#8220;very difficult to talk about&#8221; because it was &#8220;related very closely to my children&#8221;, George, Charlotte and Louis.<\/p>\n<p>The prince has spoken previously about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46279724\" class=\"story-body__link\">&#8220;very traumatic&#8221; callouts involving children while working for the air ambulance<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>But he said such feelings were &#8220;only human&#8221;, adding: &#8220;Yes, you put a suit of armour on\u2026 but one day something comes along closely related to your own personal life and it really takes you over a line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">Spotting the signs<\/h2>\n<p>The issue of mental health is a big theme at this year&#8217;s Davos, with several sessions on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/whr\/2001\/media_centre\/press_release\/en\/\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">Studies show one in four people will suffer from mental illness at some point in their life<\/a>, but many people are still too embarrassed to admit they have a problem. <\/p>\n<p>In the packed debate, the audience was asked whether they or anyone they knew had suffered from a mental illness. Nearly everyone in the room raised a hand.<\/p>\n<p>HSBC boss John Flint, talking on the same panel, said that in the &#8220;notoriously competitive&#8221; banking industry mental health problems were common.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was imperative that people at the top spoke about it to allow those lower down in the organisation to open up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We all sit on the spectrum [of mental health]. I know there&#8217;s a profound difference between when I&#8217;m feeling my best and when I&#8217;m not,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<p>Mr Flint said the bank was training managers to spot signs of mental health problems so they could help staff deal with them.<\/p>\n<p>He said it made business sense given the impact problems had on workers&#8217; performance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-46978967\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright EPA Prince William has said that every celebrity he asked to back his Heads Together mental health initiative three years ago refused. The Duke of Cambridge said &#8220;a lot&#8221; of people were approached, but no one wanted to be associated with mental illness. 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