Does anyone have mental health problems?

[AmexRuislip]

Group for dads in Sussex addresses mental health crisis

Dad La Soul's founder says it is vital that male caregivers struggling with parenthood are heard.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Zeberdi]

This is rather sad. A mayoral candidate with ADHD shrugs off the fact that the leader of her party 'quite frankly' thinks all this mental health business is being 'massively' overdiagnosed.
It speaks to a willingness to abandon all reason when the bigger picture is self interest.
When you see the characters involved it may perhaps become less surprising.

Andrea Jenkyns at odds with Nigel Farage on special needs

The Reform leader has previously said there are too many SEND diagnoses for children.

www.bbc.co.uk

Not sure if this is the right thread for this, and will happily delete this post if requested, bearing in mind that mental health and neurodiversity are political issues for some of us.

Another media story that’s confusing neurodiversity with mental illness. It is irrelevant that she is neurodiverse unless she has MH problems too.

Maybe better be on the neurodiversity thread? ie the one @BadFish started - I really wish people would start treating MH and neurodiversity as distinctly separate issues despite the two often being concurrent.

ADHD and mental health - ADHD Aware

In the UK, ADHD is recognized by the NHS as a ‘neuro-behavioural’ condition, primarily treated as a neuro-developmental condition affecting behaviour. ADHD: Beyond Mental Health ADHD is primarily neurodevelopmental, not strictly a mental health issue. Having ADHD doesn’t inherently mean poor...

adhdaware.org.uk

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Another media story that’s confusing neurodiversity with mental illness. It is irrelevant that she is neurodiverse unless she has MH problems too.

Maybe better be on the neurodiversity thread? ie the one @BadFish started - I really wish people would start treating MH and neurodiversity as distinctly separate issues despite the two often being concurrent.

ADHD and mental health - ADHD Aware

In the UK, ADHD is recognized by the NHS as a ‘neuro-behavioural’ condition, primarily treated as a neuro-developmental condition affecting behaviour. ADHD: Beyond Mental Health ADHD is primarily neurodevelopmental, not strictly a mental health issue. Having ADHD doesn’t inherently mean poor...

adhdaware.org.uk

OK, I'll delete the post.