A ‘back to work’ approach to mental illness is no panacea | Letters
Readers respond to the health secretary’s announcement that too many people are being ‘written off’ with a diagnosis
Successive governments refuse to acknowledge that mental illness overwhelmingly affects people from a lower socioeconomic class (Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions, 16 March). There’s a reason that the prescribing of antidepressants is so much higher in areas where poverty is prevalent.
I’m a mental health nurse in a struggling NHS. I also struggle to make ends meet in an age where my outgoings leave me almost nothing. I pay high rent to a multimillionaire and am unable to save a penny. Nor do I really enjoy the fruits of my labour with my dependants.
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Readers respond to the health secretary’s announcement that too many people are being ‘written off’ with a diagnosis
Successive governments refuse to acknowledge that mental illness overwhelmingly affects people from a lower socioeconomic class (Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions, 16 March). There’s a reason that the prescribing of antidepressants is so much higher in areas where poverty is prevalent.
I’m a mental health nurse in a struggling NHS. I also struggle to make ends meet in an age where my outgoings leave me almost nothing. I pay high rent to a multimillionaire and am unable to save a penny. Nor do I really enjoy the fruits of my labour with my dependants.
Continue reading...
By Guardian Staff
A ‘back to work’ approach to mental illness is no panacea | Letters to Continue reading...
NHS Forums - For NHS Staff | Patient Forums
