Divorcing mental ill health from its social and political context,as the BBC’s recent In the intellect Series did, implies wider issues of inequality or poverty don’t matterAn open letter to the BBC written by a group of psychologists and other mental health professionals has attracted more than 1000 signatures. The letter outlines concerns regarding the recent In the intellect season of programmes exploring mental health issues and, or in specific,the almost total lack of any social perspective on mental health in the programmes. The psychologist, Richard Bentall also wrote about this in an excellent piece in the Guardian final week. Related: Mental illness is a result of misery, and yet still we stigmatise it | Richard Bentall Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com