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Can Mental Health Awareness have unintended consequences?

All in the Mind

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Is Increased Mental Health Awareness Going Wrong?

Teenagers now report more symptoms of anxiety and depression than five years ago. So has raising awareness about mental health gone wrong somehow? I think so, although it's quite a delicate argument to make," she says. Sue Baker set up the big national campaign, Time to Change England. It worked to reduce stigma and discrimination faced by people who experienced mental health problems. Lucy is saying that increased mental health awareness might not be serving people well. She wouldn't want an alternative where we barely dare mention our mental health.

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