Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Mental health 'must be priority' (UK) BBC story - "Maintaining good mental health should be considered to be as important as keeping physically fit, a report says. The Institute for Public Policy Research said progress was being made with how it was treated and perceived. But researchers said the issue needed to be brought more into the mainstream if it was to escape the stereotype of mentally ill people being dangerous. The Department of Health said mental health was one of its top priorities along with heart disease and cancer..." The full report is available for a fee through the IPPR web site.