Thread by @jamesldowns

It's #TimeToTalkDay tomorrow, so instead of telling mentally ill people to ask for help, here are 10 things to talk about instead:

1) the UK Government has scrapped their 10-year strategy for #mentalhealth

2) people with serious mental health problems die prematurely worldwide

3) mental illness is the leading cause of days off work in the UK

4) the number of mental health beds in the UK is decreasing, but demand for them is increasing

5) waiting lists for ADHD and autism assessments are around 2 years and above for most adults

6) clinicians in the UK support withdrawing care from patients with #eatingdisorders when they don't respond to treatment, without scientific evidence

7) research spend in mental health still lags way behind the research spend for comparably common and serious physical health conditions

8) the value of #livedexperience is loudly rejected by voices in major UK media outlets

9) Talk about how the mental health awareness conversation needs to do more than equate all discomfort and distress to diagnosable illness

10) Talk about how patients don't recover because they haven't had appropriate support, not because they are inappropriately unwell

Any more to add?

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