About Us
Mental Ideas is an arts, film and media platform supporting all forms of artistic self-expression, innovation, and social enterprise with a focus on mental health. The platform spotlights and connects artists, writers and filmmakers from around the world to share ideas, innovate and collaborate as a creative community.
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: Floating Between Worlds – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
I was born a Kurd in central Anatolia, Turkey - a minority before I ever ...
George Tang Kwok-wing Celebrates Lifelong Journey at Fine Art Asia 2025!
With a career spanning more than seven decades, Hong Kong artist George Tang Kwok-wing continues ...
Light the Spark!
Share your story of how somebody sparked your day and gave you just the right ...
The Lines in my Head – Mental Health, Film and the Arts
Mental Idealist Sadie had the pleasure of sharing her story with mental health, film and ...
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: Processing Grief – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
Coming from a traditional family, becoming an artist was never seen as a legitimate path ...
DON’T MISS: Mind HK Mental Health Conference
Don’t miss your chance to bag tickets for Mind HK‘s Hong Kong Mental Health Conference on the theme ...
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: My Mother Tongue – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
Conceptual Kurdish-Danish artist and columnist Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan shares his latest art collection and ...
Listen to the Beat – Mind HK Exhibition
Mind HK’s summer 2025 exhibition at Our Gallery, Wan Chai, opens this weekend! This one ...
To Love A Narcissist Italian Premiere
To Love A Narcissist will Italian premiere at the Ariano International Film Festival 2025 next weekend! The festival ...
The Roots of Passion
Mental Ideas is recruiting established and emerging visual artists for Issue 10 of the HKWC's quirky ...
ABSTRACT EXPRESSION: Let Your Inner Child Out – Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan
"Creating allows me to be curious. Being curious allows me to be more daring. When ...
To Love A Narcissist to screen in New York!
To Love A Narcissist will be shown at Cinema Village, New York, during the Socially ...
Mat Ricardo’s Children’s Book ‘The Magic in You’ to be published by Faber
Mental Ideas could not be more delighted to share that our magical ambassador Mat Ricardo ...
The Ballad of Billy Lopez – Stewart McKay
Mental Ideas is excited to announce that Stewart McKay is taking part in a HKILF ...
Still Life Without Labels – Exploring Gender Identity through Art
There has been a surge of artists exploring gender identity and expression. Riding this zeitgeist ...
Last chance to see 3812 Gallery exhibition by Mind HK ambassadors!
It's your last chance to view Mind HK and Mindset's Here and Now (Brain Back ...
To Love A Narcissist in Variety
Thanks to Variety and for publishing this piece by Naman Ramachandran about Sadie Frost joining ...
The Apostrophe Issue 5 – Food
Issue 5 of The Apostrophe on the theme of 'Food' is out! This one is ...
TLAN Official Movie Merch!
Contro Vento Films just launched its first official hoodies in collaboration with Tee Mill! The ...
Voice Your Passion
Thanks to poet and academic Ahmed Elbeshlawy for bringing our quirky little podcasts about mental ...
To Love A Narcissist Wraps in Italy!
Filming for To Love A Narcissist wrapped on stunning Lake Garda, Italy! The latest trailer ...
Issue 4 of The Apostrophe – Time
The Apostrophe is celebrating its first birthday with the release of a timely issue. The ...
Poetry, Stories & Mental Health @HK Lit Fest!
Thanks to Mind HK for the opportunity to take part in Poetry, Stories and Mental ...
Why We Need to Change the Way We Talk About Suicide
Thanks to the China Daily for publishing this article on why we need to change ...
Lost in Transition launches at HKILF 24!
Thanks to everyone who came out to support the Hong Kong Writers Circle's launch of ...
Imprint 22 launches at HK Lit Fest!
Congratulations to our friends at the Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society for launching their ...
To Love a Narcissist
In his first feature-length film since the juggernaut that is Transference went viral on YouTube ...
Mental Ideas @HKILF 2024!
The 2024 Hong Kong Lit Fest kicks off next week! Mental Ideas will be taking ...
Mental Ideas Founder talks Bipolar in SCMP!
Mental Idealist Sadie Kaye talks Kanye, bipolar causes and symptoms in the South China Morning ...
Conversations of the Heart
Join Mental Ideas at Mind HK and Mindset's upcoming full day event of mental health ...
Mat Ricardo on being diagnosed with Autism aged 54
Mental Ideas' inspiring ambassador, showman Mat Ricardo, talks from the heart about how it feels ...
Launching The Apostrophe!
Mental Ideas is collaborating with the Hong Kong Writers Circle on the production and publication ...
Home Kong Kitchen is 3 Years Old!
Home Kong Kitchen is THREE YEARS OLD!!! Our initiative started as a response to news ...
umarell. exhibition
Congratulations to our ambassador Charles Tang on his Hong Kong Art School graduation art exhibition ...
More Than A Label – Mind HK Exhibition
An exhibition of art, poetry and letters by Mind HK ambassadors de-stigmatising mental health is ...
Proverse Autumn Reception Nov 17
The annual Proverse Autumn Reception takes place at the Helena May this coming Thursday! Tickets ...
Art by Ambassador Charles Tang 鄧煒昌
Charles Tang is a Chinese painter who works with different water-based mediums to examine the ...
Too Good to Eat – 3D Jelly Art by Siamy Tan
Mental Ideas has been going wobbly for 3D Jelly Art enthusiast Siamy Tan‘s incredible jelly ...
Reimagining Mental Health with Resolve
Mental Ideas has been working with the phenomenal Resolve Foundation on their 2022 fellowship program ...
Transference Goes Viral!
Transference has received over 19M views on YouTube! According to director and star Raffaello DeGruttola, ...
Pressing Buttons – A Bipolar War Story
Mental Ideas founder Sadie Kaye's bipolar Rant was published in the South China Morning Post's ...
Bipolar Ambition Art Exhibition
Mental Ideas was inspired attending the Bipolar Ambition Art Exhibition at HKU last week featuring ...
Proverse 2022 Virtual Spring Reception!
Join us at Proverse Publishing for the 2022 Virtual Proverse Spring Reception on Thursday, 28 ...
One Simple Way to Help Yourself When You’re Depressed – Mat Ricardo
Mat Ricardo, showman and philosopher, vlogs one simple way to help yourself when you're depressed ...
Transference exceeds 8M Views on YouTube!
The psychological drama feature film Mental Ideas helped co-produce has received over 8.5M views on ...
Little Boxes – Truth and Lockdown
Congratulations to our ambassador and collaborator Raffaello Degruttola for directing the ingenious indie film, Little ...
Submissions Open for Anthology Imprint 21!
Subs are open until April 21 for writers and artists to submit their poems, illustrations ...
Collateral Damage – Ania Epul
Ania Epul is an 18-year-old writer studying at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her short ...
Swipe Right – Simone Lahbib
Congratulations to our awesome ambassador Simone Lahbib! She won the awards for 'Best First-Time Director' ...
Price’s Price – Chris Maden
Price's Price is set in a time and place - Hong Kong in the 1960s ...
Mental Ideas @ Cinemonic Podcast Festival
Thanks to Cinemonic Entertainment Core in LA for selecting The Depressed Comedian episode of our ...
Proverse Autumn Reception Nov 18 – and You’re Invited!
Mental Ideas is looking forward to attending Proverse Publishing's Autumn Reception at the Helena May ...
Storm Chasing @ HK Lit Fest!
Mental Ideas had a blast at the 2021 Hong Kong International Lit Fest, which this ...
Attachment: A Film Exploring Trauma and Disassociation – HKIMHFF
Submissions for our inaugural Hong Kong International Mental Health Film Festival are open! New York ...
From The Depressed Comedian to As Happy As Larry (Feign)
Larry Feign, guest in The Depressed Comedian episode of our Mental Ideas Podcast (clip of ...
No Delusion
Congratulations to our ambassador Rebecca Dandridge-Walker. Her sketch, Delusion, has been breaking the internet since ...
HKK Top Fundraiser for Bethune House!
Another lovely accolade from our friends in the migrant community: Bethune House Migrant Women's Refuge ...
Eugenia Kim Curates Multi-Media Art Exhibition ‘As The Ship Sails On’
Dark skies. Back pain. Heavy bags of salt crystals dissolving in the gutter. These are ...
Transference Cruises to 2.2M Views on YouTube!
You can now watch Transference on YouTube, where it has already cruised to 2.2M Views!!! ...
Home Kong Kitchen Wins Award from Mission For Migrant Workers!
Home Kong Kitchen has been awarded a Happy Homes Award by the Mission For Migrant ...
Poetry Reading at HKU Libraries – Mingled Voices 5
Mentalist Sadie Kaye will be among the poets reading their work that was recently published ...
Mental Ideas Series 2 Lifts Off!
Series 2 of our AIB-nominated Mental Ideas Oddcast will be back on the air @ ...
Home Kong Kitchen Celebrates 1st Birthday!
Home Kong Kitchen has been baking a difference to feed Hong Kong’s homeless, migrants in ...
Dan Rants & Launches 2021 Film Forte!
Mentalist Dan Davies offers readers humour, inspiration and perspiration in The Rantings of a Madman on ...
Home Kong Kitchen Bumper CNY Deliveries!
So….. this was our Lunar New Year! How was yours? Home Kong Kitchen‘s INCREDIBLE, DYNAMIC ...
Storm Troupers: Sadie Kaye Talks Mental Ideas in the SCMP
Thanks to the South China Morning Post for this illuminating article by Anthea Rowan comparing ...
Fragmented Lives: Sign of The Times
Rebecca Dandridge-Walker is a self-taught artist from Camden, London. After specializing in pottery, she started ...
Cream Teas For Refugees!
The Year of The Ox is almost upon us and to celebrate Home Kong Kitchen ...
A New View
Wishing you all a brighter, bolder, inspired 2021! "Walk with hope and purpose into the ...
Mat Ricardo Shares His First Month on Antidepressants!
Our extraordinary ambassador Mat Ricardo vlogs his first month on antidepressants. Mat is a legend ...
HO HO HOme Kong!
HO HO HOme Kong Kitchen more than trebled its goal of making and distributing 100 ...
Mental Ideas @ The AIBs
Mental Ideas Podcaster Sadie Kaye was at the AIBs... kind of... My virtual awards date ...
Transference Selected for European Cinema Festivals!
Transference has been selected by 3 more European film festivals: the European Cinema Festival, the ...
Juliana Kung Connects With Her Inner Hero!
For 26 year old bipolar artist Juliana Kung, art is a way of connecting with ...
Friday Night Muffin Run!
Wow – we are BLOWN AWAY by the incredible generosity of our rapidly expanding team ...
My Abstract Fight For Survival – Bill Lepley
"I am a survivor – so far. Not so much because of being trapped at ...
Transference: Global Release Nov 10!
Transference will be globally released by 1091 Pictures Nov 10! Mental Ideas is so proud ...
Home Kong Kitchen in the SCMP!
Thanks to the SCMP for publishing this short read about our Home Kong Kitchen initiative ...
NOT TODAY Selected for Global Lift Off!
Mentalist Philippe Joly's powerful short film about fighting back NOT TODAY has been selected for ...
Mental Ideas Shortlisted for Association for International Broadcasting Award!
The Association for International Broadcasting have published their shortlist for the 2020 AIB Awards – and our Mental Ideas Podcast is one ...
Transference Selected for The Hague Global Cinema Festival!
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story has been officially selected by The Hague Global Cinema Festival! ...
NOT TODAY – #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
To mark #2020 World Suicide Prevention Day, Mental Ideas is proud to premiere short film ...
How Muay Thai Helped Me Fight My PTSD – Veteran Adam House
Adam House, a US combat veteran with PTSD moved to Thailand to train as a ...
Home Kong Kitchen
With most of our planned summer projects postponed, Mental Ideas has been on a roll ...
Crazy – Mental Ideas Podcast
This is the last episode so DON'T MISS IT!!! With new material and highlights, Crazy ...
Transference Receives Special Jury Mention – New York Socially Relevant Film Festival!
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story received a Special Jury Mention in the Narrative Feature category ...
Money $ – Mental Ideas Podcast
On today's show, Sadie Kaye talks dirty. Great big wads of dirty cash! You can't ...
First Chance To See Transference at SRFF Online!
First chance to see Transference: A Bipolar Love Story at the New York Socially Relevant ...
Transference Wins Zoroaster Award!
Another win for Transference: A Bipolar Love Story - this time the Zoroaster Award at ...
The Unwellness Entrepreneur – Mental Ideas Podcast
In this week's episode on RTHK Radio 3, Sadie Kaye coins a new catchphrase courtesy ...
Trolls Anonymous – Mental Ideas Podcast
Showman Mat Ricardo reminisces about the time he was starting out as a street performer ...
Transference A Bipolar Love Story Wins Best Drama Feature at International Anatolia Film Festival!
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story has just been announced the winner of Best Drama Feature ...
The Depressed Banker – Mental Ideas Podcast
Brace yourselves for another “slightly strange” (yeah…) episode of our Mental Ideas Podcast on RTHK ...
Virtually Eugenia – Mental Ideas Podcast
Virtual Reality dance-maker Eugenia Kim joins host Sadie Kaye and explains how her bipolar disorder ...
First Cut of Short Film ‘Intuition’!
Check out this first cut of short film Intuition, directed by filmmaker, actor and Mental ...
Writer Unblocked!
Writer Unblocked showcases original short stories and spoken word to unlock and unblock Hong Kong’s ...
Death & The Frozen Tundra – Mental Ideas Podcast
A deadly podcast about Death by Anxious Showman Mat Ricardo is poignantly paired with American ...
Portraits by Rebecca Dandridge-Walker
Rebecca Dandridge-Walker has been beating the UK lockdown blues by experimenting with portraiture. Her lockdown ...
Why Anxiety’s No Joke – Mat Ricardo
Here’s the joke. The joke is that the way you’re probably feeling now – washing ...
The Criminal Sleepwalker – Mental Ideas Podcast
Mental Ideas Podcast host Sadie Kaye’s got a criminal record as long as your arm, ...
The Psychopathic Actor – Mental Ideas Podcast
Psychopathic actor and entrepreneur Philippe Joly attempts to explain why psychopaths make such great neighbors, ...
The Agitated Air Stewardess – Mental Ideas Podcast
One type of podcast guest that’s proved easy to secure in the midst of the ...
Distribution for Transference with 1091!
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story has been offered distribution by NYC's 1091 Pictures. Mental Ideas co-produced ...
A Bipolar Love Story – Mental Ideas Podcast
Episode 2 of our Mental Ideas Podcast broadcasted last Thursday (April 9) on RTHK Radio ...
The Depressed Comedian – Mental Ideas Podcast
Episode 1 of our Mental Ideas Podcast launched on RTHK Radio 3 last Thursday (April ...
Transference selected for Arizona and Buenos Aires International Film Fests
Even though the chance of any festival happening this year seems pretty remote (and we ...
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story Selected for Socially Relevant Film Festival, NYC
AMAZING news just in from New York! Mental Ideas' first feature film Transference: A Bipolar ...
Transference Translated Into Norwegian Ahead of Oslo Screening!
Brexit may be "done", but the Norway Option is still readily available - thanks to ...
Mental Ideas @ NIFA 2020!
Mental Ideas is honored to have been invited to attend the 2020 NIFA Awards in ...
Mental Ideas Collaborates with Contro Vento Films on ‘Intuition’
Mental Ideas is collaborating with Contro Vento Films on director Raffaello Degruttola's latest short film ...
A Hat-Trick of Nominations for Contro Vento & Mental Ideas
The inaugural NIFA Awards (National Independent Film Association, USA) were hosted by Dan Davies at ...
Jade Bryant’s Latest Ink Art Collection
In honour of #WorldMentalHealthDay, I wanted to share my completed illustrative series of paintings that ...
Param Creates Vibe for Exploding Mental Health!
Param Vibe Mirpuri is a fusion artist who fuses his passions for spoken word poetry, ...
Project Inktober
Mental Artists Charlotte Farhan, Jade Bryant and Shawn Coss have created their own Inktober prompts ...
Limerence: A Twisted Adult Fairytale About Obsessive Love!
Filmmakers Ilze Millere and Carl Bradshaw of Elementi Media are producing their first feature film ...
Lithium Hindsight 360: VR Dance Event Explodes Bipolar Disorder
Mental Ideas ambassador Eugenia Kim is holding an event in Hong Kong from Oct 3-6 ...
Passion & Poison – Shawn Coss Interview
Mental Ideas sat down with artist Shawn Coss to discuss his often controversial artistic depiction ...
Transference: A Film About Relationships & Mental Health – Nikolas Antoniades
An honor for Contro Vento Films, director Raffaello Degruttola and the cast & crew of ...
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story – First Screening in London
Mental Ideas is proud to have co-produced Contro Vento Films' film Transference: A Bipolar Love ...
Clowns and Banana Skins – Mat Ricardo
That Mat Ricardo is a dark horse! As one of our ambassadors, we're in touch ...
As Bad As It Gets Promo Trailer
As Bad As It Gets airs on RTHK Radio 3 this coming Sat (July 13) ...
As Bad As It Gets Broadcasts on RTHK July 13!
Our second doc for RTHK broadcasted SAT JULY 13 at 8.30 HKT! For those of ...
ExperiMENTAL Exhibition
ExperiMENTAL is our bold new art project and photography exhibition. We've commissioned 10 pro photographers ...
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story
Mental Ideas is working with filmmaker and Mental Ideas ambassador Raffaello Degruttola on co-producing a ...
A Bipolar Love Story
Mental Ideas is producing a series of short films depicting different mental health conditions through ...
Mental Ideas Podcast
The Mental Ideas Podcast is a weekly program in which filmmaker and RTHK presenter Sadie ...
Launching MENTAL IDEAS!
Mental Ideas utilises the arts and the media to engage and explain mental health in ...
Joshua Walters: Just Crazy Enough…
Joshua Walters was born in Berkeley, California. In 2001, while attending the San Francisco School ...
Jade Bryant on Art as Self-Therapy
Mental Ideas Ambassador and artist-activist Jade Bryant uses art as self-therapy and inspires others to ...
Art Saved My Life
Art saved my life. Not figuratively, but literally. I was at the end of the ...
ExperiMENTAL Films
Mental Ideas discovers, nurtures and champions new talent from Hong Kong and around the world ...
Art Saves Lives Gallery
Work by our community of artists, writers, filmmakers, ambassadors, poets, musicians, performers, change-makers and champions! ...
Mental Disorders Depicted With Minimalist Posters – Patrick Smith
It's not always easy to capture the seriousness of conditions such as obsessive compulsive disorder ...
No Way Home – Stop the Traffick by Filmmaker Raffaello Degruttola
Congratulations to filmmaker Raffaello DeGruttola for directing and delivering an understated acting masterclass in this ...
Can Comedy Erase Stigma? – Mat Ricardo
I'm a believer that anything can be funny. There's nothing that you can't make a ...
Exhibitions & Events
Mental Ideas collaborates with its partners in film, publishing, the arts and charity to create ...
Painting a Legacy of Optimism in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Thanks to editor Tammy Ho Lai-Ming for publishing our piece about George Tang Kwok-wing's Fine ...
Changing Minds – Owen Fitzpatrick
Owen Fitzpatrick is a Social Psychologist, Belief Architect. Author and Speaker on Influence and Impact ...
Fairhaven – A Novel of Climate Optimism
Genevieve Hilton (writing as Jan Lee) has a new book published: Fairhaven - A Novel ...
The Man With No Shoes
Mental Ideas ambassador, Transference and To Love A Narcissist director Raffaello Degruttola on the madness ...
Kung Hei Fat Choi! 恭喜發財。祝龍年行大運
Mental Ideas wishes you good luck, health, prosperity, creativity and magic in the Year of ...
Submit to WiPS anthology Imprint 22
The Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society are open for submissions of short stories (fiction ...
Deadline for Proverse Prizes Extended
The submissions deadline for the 2022 Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize for writing previously ...
Proverse Prize and Proverse Poetry Prize Open for Submissions!
The International Proverse Prize for book-length works of fiction and 2022 Proverse Poetry Prize (Single ...
Transference @ Arizona Int Film Festival
Transference was one of the first films playing at the 2021 Arizona International Film Festival ...
Hong Kong’s Top Story 2020 Now Open for Entries!
RTHK have just launched their annual short story completion, Hong Kong's Top Story! The theme ...
A Poem A Day by Proverse!
The first in a month-long series of poetry readings by authors and poets published in ...
The Mad Creative Genius of Reuben M Tuck
We can’t believe we're writing this… RIP Reuben M Tuck. Truly one of the funniest, ...
Lost – Short Film – Philippe Joly
This harrowing short film about loss, grief and guilt by Mental Ideas Director and Ambassador ...
Four Months – Mat Ricardo
Trigger warning - Mental health, depression, talk of the outside world. Seriously – you don’t ...
Denial – Short Film
Filmmaker and Mental Ideas Director & Ambassador Philippe Joly has set himself the quarantine challenge ...
Entries Open: The Proverse Prize
The Proverse Prize is an annual international literary competition for unpublished book-length works of fiction, ...
Dear White People – This Is What We Want You To Do – Inside The Kandi Bowl #BlackLivesMatter
Of all the powerful and poignant posts we've read about the #BlackLivesMatter protests and movement ...
Hong Kong Marriage Stories
Following a relatively smooth (considering the backdrop!) launch of the Mental Ideas Podcast as a ...
Opportunity: RTHK Poetry Competition
RTHK Radio 3 have launched their annual English Poetry Competition! Whether you're an experienced poet ...
Lockdown Love Stories!
Mental Ideas wants to publish your Lockdown Love Stories! The stories could be factual or ...
Lockdown TV
Mental Ideas Ambassador Mat Ricardo has started his own web TV channel, Lockdown TV, broadcasting ...
Mental Ideas Podcast Lifts Off !
Episode 1 of our Mental Ideas Podcast lifts off THIS THURSDAY (April 2, 2020) as ...
Mental Ideas Launching HKMHFF!
Mental Ideas hopes to launch a Hong Kong International Mental Health Film Festival (@HKIMHFF) to ...
Mental Ideas PodFest!
After receiving a surge of intriguing podcast submissions, Mental Ideas intends to run an annual ...
Dressing Rooms by Mat Ricardo
I’ve talked before about how comforting I find certain places. How when I’m on stage, ...
New York Socially Relevant Film Festival Postponed
Transference: A Bipolar Love Story‘s world premiere at the New York Socially Relevant Film Festival ...
Catch Ambassador Dan in A Trip To Jamaica on Netflix!
Our incredible ambassador Dan Davies is currently starring in Nollywood box office smash A Trip ...
‘Flim’ Screens in London & Launches on Apple TV!
A special screening of our ambassador Raffaello Degruttola's BIFA-nominated comedy film FLIM The Movie plus ...
Too Much – Laura Konowal
American poet, artist, musician and mental health campaigner Laura Konowal writes about her ongoing struggles ...
Information Overload – Param Vibe Mirpuri
I created this piece to signify how technology creates information overload and thus placed the ...
Sneak Peak at Jade Bryant’s Inktober Art Collection!
Jade Bryant is a prodigiously talented young artist and Mental Ideas ambassador. Her art is ...
Quadratura by Elementi Media
Quadratura is an experimental short film by Elementi Media about visiting your life's memories and ...
Mental Ideas marks World Mental Health Day with HSBC & Mind
Mental Ideas took part in a panel discussion to mark 2019 World Mental Health Day ...
Awards Success for A Bipolar Love Story and No Way Home!
Congratulations to our ambassador Raffaello DeGruttola! His experiMENTAL short film has reached semi-finalist status at ...
Ricky Sadiosa Travels World in Footsteps of Philippine National Hero Dr. Jose Rizal
Mental Ideas' globetrotting Resident Photographer Enrique ('Ricky') Sadiosa has spent 5 years traveling the world ...
WTF Is Wrong With My Kid??! Patricia Bush Explodes Dyspraxia
Do you ever stare at your kid in disbelief and ask questions like: Why does ...
Art To End The Silence On Sexual Violence – Charlotte Farhan
Sexual violence is not prejudice. It can happen to anyone, inflicting immediate and lasting damage ...
Mat Ricardo’s Favorite Places to Sit
I have a list in my head, constantly updated, of favourite places to sit. It's ...
Suicide Awareness Month
Mental Ideas is blessed to have the beautiful, brave and multi-talented Simone Lahbib as one ...
**Award-Winning** Short Film | Echoes of You | Omeleto
Thanks to Laurence Fuller (Road To The Well, Paint It Red) for sharing with us ...
The Awakening – Sam Brennan
A time comes in your life when you finally get it... When in the midst ...
Ambassador Philippe Joly in the SCMP
Mental Idealist Philippe Joly received coverage in the SCMP this week talking about Bruce Lee's ...
Stigma Shatters (But Mental Health Matters) – Allison Combo
After eight months of working on the production of this film, I am proud to ...
Award-Winning Cartoonist Larry Feign signs up to Mental Ideas!
American-born cartoonist and author Larry Feign is an award-winning cartoonist, artist and writer, best known ...
Ambassador Raff Gets Hustled by Two Unknown Actresses
Mental Ideas Ambassador Raffaello DeGruttola gets hustled by Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson on a ...
Can Robots Solve the Mental Health Crisis?
Digital healthcare is emerging as an attractive alternative to mental health treatment, with an increasing ...
Eugenia Kim Creates Virtual Reality Dances To Express Her Bipolar Disorder
Eugenia Kim is a PhD student, originally from the USA, who's been living in Hong ...
Bansky Inspires Art Dealer to Open Street Art Centre in Industrial Welsh Town
The Welsh industrial town of Port Talbot, famed for its steelworks, could become a destination ...
The Aspect of Bipolar That Led to Being (Wrongfully) Arrested on a Plane… Twice!
The Aspect of Bipolar That Led to Being Wrongfully Arrested on a Plane…Twice! A turbulent ...
Mat Ricardo: Embracing Madness
A chance to view Mental Ideas Ambassador Mat Ricardo's insightful and entertaining TEDX podcast, 'Embracing ...
9 Shocking Times People Destroyed Art While Taking Selfies
A look back at some of the most catastrophic selfie fails in modern memory... As ...
One of the Most Enduring—and Misunderstood—Images of France’s Yellow Vest Protests Orchestrated by a Performance Artist
Day-glo yellow vests are an indelible symbol of the “gilets jaunes” protests that have gripped ...
Caffeine Buzz
Thanks to Hong Kong Buzz for publishing this interview about MENTAL IDEAS! We really appreciate ...
James McIntosh Knits & Nibbles His Way Back From Depression
TV presenter and author James McIntosh combats his depression by knitting and nibbling his way ...
Movement Is Medicine – William Pullen
Will Pullen was raised in Hong Kong, before moving to London. He's now a BACP ...
Hey, David Mitchell, Only An Idiot Judges A Show By Its Venue – Mat Ricardo
Mat Ricardo hits back at the Peep Show star's attack on street performers. And he ...
Mental Ideas Unplugged!
To celebrate International Day of Unplugging, a 24-hour global respite from technology, Mental Ideas will ...
How Alexandra Pirici Telegraphs Big Ideas Through Small Gestures
The choreographer and artist Alexandra Pirici likens her work to a transmission whose precise message ...
The Importance of Doing What We’re Bad At – World Suicide Prevention Day
Suicide is a decision so impetuous that I don’t think it even qualifies as a ...
FLIM – From BIFA to HKIMHFF!
One of the highlights of our inaugural Mental Ideas Film Festival is guaranteed to be ...
Mental Health Depicted Through Art – Charlotte Farhan
Charlotte Farhan is an artist, illustrator, writer, activist and Mental Ideas Ambassador. She's co-founder and ...
The Art of Self-Belief – Owen Fitzpatrick
Owen Fitzpatrick is Mental Ideas' globetrotting psychologist from Dublin. He has travelled to more than ...
Mat Ricardo on How To Find An Audience @ the National Gallery
Ambassador and showman Mat Ricardo is guest speaking at an event at the National Gallery ...
Mind Boosting Benefits of Dog Therapy – Will Tottle
95% of us view our dogs like family and it’s not hard to see why ...
WANTED: Moody Foodies for Cookbook!
Mental Ideas wants your original recipes, provocative theories and entertaining stories of bold culinary experimentation ...
Mental Ideas Loves… Hashtag Lunchbag
Entrepreneur and restaurateur Ajay Relan is the LA-based brains behind #HashtagLunchbag, the initiative that encourages ...
Mental Ideas Library
SHUSH! We’ve compiled a library of noisy op-eds and controversial articles on mental health from ...
Animals & Nature Collection by Artist Jade Bryant
Jade Bryant practices art as self-help therapy to alleviate the stress of her borderline personality ...
From the Heart by Composer Nick Samuel
The Score... There are so many love songs. So many artists, so many writers and ...
As Bad As It Gets – Coming Soon to RTHK!
The irreverent sequel to Sadie Kaye's 2015 documentary Bipolar Express will air on RTHK Radio 3 ...
Raffaello DeGruttola Writes About The Making of his UN Award-Winning Short Film No Way Home
The night we filmed No Way Home – Stop the Traffick on the streets of ...
Featured Artist: Mat Ricardo
Meet Mat Ricardo: Mental Ideas Ambassador & Showman Extraordinaire! Fast Hands. Smart Mouth. Nice Suit ...
My Life Asleep – Sadie Kaye
Ever since I was a teenager, for periods of months at a time, I have ...
Steal Like An Artist – Austen Kleon
The trouble with creative work: Sometimes by the time people catch on to what's valuable ...
Mental Ideas Egg Cup Challenge!
Mental Ideas is redesigning the humble egg cup! Winner wins a trophy, a carton of ...
Mental Ideas Loves… Good Is The New Cool!
Good Is The New Cool is a movement formed to mobilize and inspire individuals who ...
‘Woof’ by Mat Ricardo
This week I've been mostly feeling empty. All my energy bars depleted. Desperately in need ...
Support Groups: Bipolar Hong Kong
Bipolar Hong Kong is Hong Kong’s first peer-led bipolar support group. Founded by Sadie Kaye ...
HK Girl Gets Fit 4 Mental Ideas!
Sometimes getting started is the hardest thing... Living in the suburb of Clearwater Bay, I ...
Bipolar Express on RTHK
Bipolar Express is an irreverent 30-minute roller coaster through the euphoric highs and debilitating lows ...
Secret Life of the Manic Depressive – Channel 4
Diagnosis of bipolar shot up after this was made and it briefly became the diagnosis ...
Ambassador Mat Ricardo’s First Column!
Like many of us, I felt the bruises of my mental health issues before I ...
