“Aumento allarmante” dello stigma sulla salute mentale in Inghilterra, mostra una ricerca

Given that seven months ago,[ the Health Secretary went on TV to claim that mental health conditions are over diagnosed](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd7ejvr3y0zo), this is hardly surprising.

There’s always been claims that benefits are being misspent to support cuts to the most vulnerable, and the government choosing to legitimise them does absolutely nothing to actually help people.

It does have a growing stigma of the new whiplash. It’s hard one because some people are clearly abusing it

I think the reasons are mostly covered in the article, there have been a lost of high-profile acts of violence attributed to mental health problems. In fact a lot of severe violence in general is generally hand-waved away as being a result of poor mental health. A long waiting list to access to mental health care is very well known. People have negative encounters with homeless people who have not gotten the help that they need regularly. For the average person being asked whether they would want to live next to someone with mental health problems, what is the upside to it over someone who doesn’t have mental health issues? Then you have less severe mental health problems, which, due to the increased awareness, has started a worrying trend of self-diagnoses. We also have increasing numbers of people using mental health (both genuinely and as an excuse) for time off work, to claim benefits, get extensions on exams and coursework and it naturally leads to more resentment than when it was something rarely discussed. It is sadly an inevitable side-effect of what has generally been a positive shift in the culture.