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I don't disagree with most of what you say, however I do want to point out that "mental health" is something that commentators and politicians on the right have
by maxehmookau 5y ago
I don't disagree with most of what you say, however I do want to point out that "mental health" is something that commentators and politicians on the right have only recently actually started to care about, especially in the UK.
Mental health services in the UK have seen decades of real-terms cuts by parliaments of all colours. Getting mental health support on the NHS is next-to-impossible in a meaningful timeframe so watching anybody in parliament say "lockdown bad. mental health important." is outrageous.
Say you're anti-lockdown if you are (not you, OP), but don't for a second let Conservative MPs make you believe that they actually care about the nation's mental health.
- zpeti 5y agoIt's a bit different when you decades long dynamics of whether you can see a counselor on the NHS, vs when you can literally see drug use, alcholism, domestic abuse numbers rise in the last 2 years. That's concrete numbers. Some theoretical "conservatives don't support mental health" is more of a political point. From my perspective the UK has had an insane rise in self diagnosed mental illness, and its not the lack of funding that's the issue, it's the supply side. If every single person wants to see a counsellor about their mental issues (which basically everyone has), you don't have enough professionals (or money) to deal with it.