Paul from Pembrokeshire has accessed an outstanding art therapy service which has inspired his passion for painting and helped him to manage his mental health

Ruth from Ceredigion saw a big change in the way mental health services were delivered when she moved from England to Wales:

“Care and Treatment Plans are a very useful at that moment in time, but someone’s needs can change in a matters of hours,” says Bethan from Gwynedd: click here to watch Bethan’s blog (in Welsh) about why it’s essential to regularly review your Plan.

Today the Lights! Camera! ACTION! studio is broadcasting from Anglesey. “You’re not a lump of meat, you can’t be passed from one person to another,” says Chris from North Wales

“Mae pawb yn poeni ynghylch y peth… Maent yn gwahaniaethu yn erbyn yr anabl ac yn erbyn pobl sydd â phroblemau iechyd meddwl.”

“Everybody’s worried about it … They’re discriminating against the disabled, and against people with mental health problems.”

“You’re the person keeping that person in a job so at the end of the day they have to listen to you.” That’s the advice of service user Shelley from Flintshire who spoke in the studio today about the importance of building up the confidence to speak frankly to health professionals and ask for services:

“Roedd ceisio addasu o fywyd yn y fyddin i fywyd normal yn un o’r pethau anoddaf y mae gofyn i rywun ei wneud” dywedodd y defnyddiwr gwasanaeth Shane o Ddinbych sydd ag ag Anhwylder Straen Wedi Trawma.

“Coming from army life into civvy street is one of the hardest things anybody can ever do,” says service user Shane from Denbighshire who has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The Care and Treatment Plan is a “daily, living piece of work” said service user Richard at today’s Lights! Camera! ACTION! event in Wrexham.