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Opinion: People With Mental Health Problems Should Be Able to Talk About Politics, Not Just Their Conditions
People with mental ill health are encouraged to talk about their conditions, but they are often discouraged from addressing the political agenda that has both increased mental illness and left sufferers without recourse to services, writes journalist and advocate Harriet Williamson.