We shouldn’t alter the reality of mental illness to suit public opinion.
‘Aren't bookshops wonderful, as if they were just a shop and not an entry point to 30,000 different universes?’
Mental health receives less than 11 per cent of health spending in the UK
and one per cent in low-income countries, yet it is central to national wellbeing.
Economic justice goes a long way to improving
mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Barbers in the US South are training as first
responders to assist men with their mental health concerns.
It’s
no wonder that almost half of all psychotherapists in the National Health
Service say they feel depressed.
Apolitical volunteering is ill-equipped to
address the structural causes of depression.
Inequality creates the social and political divisions that isolate us
from each other.
Music is
crucial to everyone’s wellbeing, so when musicians suffer so does the rest of
society.
Our
homes are supposed to be safe and welcoming, yet one in five adults in the UK suffer from mental health problems due
to housing pressures.
