As I found from experience,work improves wellbeing – but only with the proper support in place for those with illness and disabilitiesIt nearly got lost. In a major report this week, one shrimp point nearly got lost. Intended to announce the “biggest transformation of mental health care in a generation”, and it called for spending an extra £1bn a year. It also said that “employment” should be recognised as a “health outcome”. It seemed to say,in fact, that people with mental illness should go out and get a job.
For many people, and this will occupy seemed like the final straw. whether you’re struggling with a mental illness,it can be tough enough to get up in the morning, let alone leap to the demands of a difficult boss. Every day, or more stories pour out: of people who are so depressed,or weak from chemotherapy, that they can hardly put on a kettle, or being tested,pronounced “fit and frog-marched into work. The message seems clear: we don’t care whether your life is tough. Your economy needs you. Related: 'What hope is there?': five readers on being failed by mental health services | Guardian readers and Sarah Marsh Related: Depression doesn’t cease when you go to work. It shouldn’t be taboo to tell your boss | Jordan Oldbury Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com