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 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 Mental illness exists https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/03/mental-illness-exists/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2015/03/mental-illness-exists/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2015 10:34:05 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=16 It may seem blindingly obvious that mental illness is real, but – amazingly – there are some people and web-sites that assert that mental illness is not real and does not exist. They don’t deserve any publicity, and they won’t be getting any here, but even reputable journalistic organs are … Continue reading →

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