Mental Health https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk CMVM Psychiatry at work Tue, 31 May 2016 07:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Why is mental illness so controversial? Part 2 – Media coverage https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2016/05/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-2-media-coverage/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2016/05/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-2-media-coverage/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 07:45:45 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=96 Media coverage of mental illness is biased and melodramatic. There are far fewer articles in the press about mental than physical illness, and they are much more likely to be negative.[1,2] Things are just as bad on social media like You Tube, but may be slightly better on Twitter.[3,4]  Whilst … Continue reading →

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]]> https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2016/05/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-2-media-coverage/feed/ 0 Why is mental illness so controversial? Part 1 – Recent examples https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/11/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-1-recent-examples/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/11/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-1-recent-examples/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 18:17:06 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=92 Media coverage of medicine is usually positive, often about advances in understanding or therapeutic breakthroughs. In contrast, psychiatry reportage tends to be negative. Some of this can be attributed to the stigmatisation of people with mental illness, but much of the criticism is aimed at psychiatrists and indeed the whole … Continue reading →

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]]> https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/11/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-1-recent-examples/feed/ 0 Should we decriminalise or legalise illicit drugs? https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/09/should-we-decriminalise-or-legalise-illicit-drugs/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/09/should-we-decriminalise-or-legalise-illicit-drugs/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:36:52 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=86 We should legalise cannabis, and decriminalise harder drugs

Psychoactive drugs have been grown and used throughout human history. Opium and ‘laudanum’ (opium and alcohol), cocaine and ‘cocaine wine’ were popular in the UK and the USA in the 1800s but increasing use and adverse social effects raised concerns. The US … Continue reading →

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