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Yorksman

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Yesterday Nick Clegg talked about mental health, "I want us to be able to talk about, analyse and treat depression just as we treat diabetes."

Last year the All Party Group in the House of Commons stated: "The overall picture is of ‘poor, fragmented, expensive and patchy care’ despite £1million an hour being spent on diabetes by the NHS." and that "almost half of sufferers not getting nine recommended annual checks".
 
Well, that's good news for anyone who's depressed - should cheer them up no end. Job done, I'd say.
Sally
 
I think Nick Clegg is talking more about the research on mental health and comparing it to research being done for physical illnesses/conditions. It is a shame he focussed on depression as there are many other mental illnesses.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-28689956

A major push is needed to boost mental health research, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has told the BBC.

The Deputy Prime Minister said his party's next election manifesto would include a pledge to raise annual research spending in England by £50m by 2020.

Mr Clegg said the sector needed a breakthrough "comparable to penicillin".

Campaigners welcomed the Liberal Democrat leader's initiative.

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For far too long mental health has been a bit of a taboo subject”

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Mr Clegg said: "My ambition is that we should understand mental health just as well as we understand physical health.

"I want us to be able to talk about, analyse and treat depression just as we treat diabetes.
 
I would have thought being depressed was bad enough, without being treated with the medical care given to a diabetic
 
I get depressed just listening to Nick Clegg these days.
 
Detached from reality perhaps, but any debate or pledge that brings mental health to the forefront of discussion can only be seen as a good thing.
 
noblehead said:
Detached from reality perhaps, but any debate or pledge that brings mental health to the forefront of discussion can only be seen as a good thing.
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Though I would agree.. The cynic in me says distraction from the bigger picture that's probably causing the anxiety in the first place..?!
 
I used to pay good money to become detached from reality.
 
I agree, but the point is that they are just soundbites to remind the public that he is still here. There's nothing behind it. I don't think we are going to see a campaign like David Steele's private bill on abortion. Without sincerity, it engenders a 'oh no not again' response.
 
No I quite agree, Clegg struggles to get himself noticed, very few will remember as the Deputy PM in years to come, howver any debate on mental health issues has to be a good thing as previously said.
 
Debate yes, help yes, but god help us if they start treating us like they do folks with depression.
 
Nick Clegg suffers from Delusions of Grandeur like he thinks he's popular, potential PM and his sneaky Liberal Democrats will get lots of seats at the General Election. Poor soul, if he was one of us commoner scumbags he'd be sectioned and whisked off to the nearest Psychiatric Unit lol
 
I remember reading the definition of Delusions of Grandeur in the Oxford Dicionary of Psychological terms. It said something along the following lines:
"assuming a level of importance or ability to one's self that exceeds that which any normal person would hold. Very common amongst doctors, university professors and in all politicians."
 
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noblehead said:
Detached from reality perhaps, but any debate or pledge that brings mental health to the forefront of discussion can only be seen as a good thing.
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I would agree with you, except for all those media references to greedy type 2s causing their own diabetes.

If debate mental health is brought to the forefront of discussion in the same way... God help it.
 
Nick Clegg's a pilchard. The LibDems came out of the last election with fewer MPs than they had the election before. I'd have thought he should have been too embarrassed to accept the position.

I enjoyed the reports of elevations to the peerage this week - which got a bit lost under 'No UKIP Peerages'.. They were quite openly acknowledging that they were rewarding party donors. The Conservatives elevated one individual who had donated £300,000 or so to their coffers and another who'd coughed up £600,000. Two from the Liberal Democrats had donated £6,000 and £3,000!
 
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