Scots Show Brave Hearts In Face Of Mental Health Issues
Choose Life has made an appeal for people with mental health issues in Scotland to share their feelings and sign a pledge to be more open about feelings in general.
Read MoreChoose Life has made an appeal for people with mental health issues in Scotland to share their feelings and sign a pledge to be more open about feelings in general.
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Read MoreThe government is to lend its weight to a concerted national campaign to eliminate the stigma that is blighting the lives of people suffering from mental illness, health ministers will announce today.
{mosimage}The campaign, spearheaded by the mental health charities, will use TV advertising and community projects across England to tackle the prejudice that prevents people with mental health problems from getting jobs, mortgages, friendships and a fair share of NHS care.
Ivan Lewis, the care services minister who took over responsibility for mental health this month, will say: “It is time to draw a line following years of division over the reform of mental health legislation. We should now unite to launch a sustained national campaign against the stigma and ignorance which has blighted the lives of too many people with mental health problems for too long.”
He will announce the government’s support for a consortium led by the charities Mind and Rethink, which last week won £18m from the Big Lottery Fund and Comic Relief for a four-year anti-stigma campaign.
Research for the Department of Health found 34% of people in England mistakenly think mentally ill people are prone to violence, compared with 15% in Scotland where a strong anti-prejudice campaign changed attitudes.
Mr Lewis will say: “Despite significant additional investment, mental health services in many areas are still not offering the quality support people have a right to expect. I will be consulting with service users, carers and front line professionals to identify the improvements we need to make.”
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