I don't want to turn this into a denigration of any other illness societies but...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/03/10-steps-to-mental-health-equality?CMP=share_btn_fb
Cancer has always had a very robust charitable network, research money, and lobbying power.
Alzheimers (since the time my mother got diagnosed 10 years' ago) has come on in leaps and bounds. Still has a small research budget compared to cancer but I expect this will improve. And Alzheimers Society is a constant protester on the news - which is great
But, I have suffered from very severe and enduring mental illness since the age of 9. I am now 50 in a couple of weeks. I would not say the drugs have improved much in that time - those with psychosis suffer horrible side effects from the drugs to suppress symptoms and stabilise mood.
The care in the community is being cut back to the bare bones and in patient care is of poor quality and only for emergencies (and even then in the time I have been ill - the definition of emergency has changed considerably).
Unless we are lucky - usually with our family backgrounds or with some remission times at crucial points of our development, we operate at the margins of society.
I understand why I don't protest - because my health is extremely inconsistent and I am sure it is the same for most others with schizophrenia or bipolar or any of the more incapacitating and incurable mental illnesses, but surely the charities - eg. Mind could get our position heard at a higher volume?
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Foxyspook · 17/11/2016 12:07
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