Mental Health: The Dangers of the Social Media Diagnosis
88 Citations•2020•
Kim Heyes
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Mental health has recently become the focus of attention within UK policy, with the proposed rehash of the Mental Health Act, and the new Power Threat Meaning framework, which aims to reduce the “medicalisation” of mental health.
Abstract
Mental health has recently become the focus of attention within UK policy, with the proposed rehash of the Mental Health Act [8], and the new Power Threat Meaning framework [9], which aims to reduce the “medicalisation” of mental health. Despite raised awareness of some the issues, more and more people are turning away from their GPs [10] as they fail to get the support they need. This is usually due to lengthy waiting lists for counselling, or a tendency to overly rely on prescribing medication [11] as a cure all.