It seems like common sense that the first place someone with a health problem is likely to turn for help is their GP, who is expected to deal with them in an appropriate manner. For people with mental health problems, however, this isn’t necessarily the case. According to the anti-stigma campaign Time to Change (TTC), many people experiencing mental distress arrive at the GP surgery to find that primary care professionals are ill-equipped to deal with their needs. Sometimes the sheer volume of work GPs must contend with means there aren’t the resources available. But often a lack of awareness and training about mental health issues means patients do not receive the care and attention they need.
Category Archives: stigma
Anti-stigma project helps GPs treat people with mental health problems
Time to Change hopes its model for raising awareness among primary care staff can be rolled out across the country
Time to Change has made headway in changing attitudes among clinicians and support staff.
The mentally ill are still neglected and stigmatised
The mentally ill are still neglected and stigmatised – just as I found they were 10 years ago
The Schizophrenia Commission’s report, published today, is an indictment of the way we treat some of our most vulnerable citizens. Jeremy Laurance laments a lost decade in mental healthcare
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Ten years ago I spent six months touring the country observing the care provided to people with mental illness for a book I was writing. Pure Madness, published in 2003, described a system “driven by fear”, in which risk reduction and protection of the public was the priority, rather than the care of patients. The public and political focus on the tiny numbers who posed a risk had distracted attention from the “huge majority of frightened, disturbed people whose suffering remains largely hidden”, I wrote.
Dilemma of Northern Ireland dementia victims
25 October 2012 Last updated at 06:18
Many people with dementia in Northern Ireland are not dying where they would prefer, with their families unaware of their end-of-life wishes.
According to the Alzheimer’s Society, many families are unaware of their loved ones wishes because of a double stigma around dementia and death.
The charity is calling for a greater awareness about planning end of life care.
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