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Earfolds wrote:I think that a lot of good work is being done lately to remove the stigma from discussing mental health, and social and behavioural conditions, encouraging more people to discuss it openly, and seeking help where necessary. Above all else, the last decade or so has been better for mental health than any amount of experimentation by Nazis and/or fascists.

This.
So much of the rehab work we do at our place is in fighting stigma, labels and normalising experiences for people with MH issues.

Denster wrote:

Earfolds wrote:I think that a lot of good work is being done lately to remove the stigma from discussing mental health, and social and behavioural conditions, encouraging more people to discuss it openly, and seeking help where necessary. Above all else, the last decade or so has been better for mental health than any amount of experimentation by Nazis and/or fascists.

This.
So much of the rehab work we do at our place is in fighting stigma, labels and normalising experiences for people with MH issues.

It's a shame there's people who feel that mental health is for example depression, is just something you need 'to get over and cheer up' It's a problem for many things really, there are always people in the world who see things that a different and just think that it's bad.

I am not really sure what the strict distinction between a learning or cognitive disorder, behavioural disorder and a mental health disorder is, if indeed there is one. I suppose you could say everything that impacts the mind falls under the category of mental health?

Not really, because mental health problems are at least supposed to be treatable, whereas some kind of cognitive or learning disorder or other neurological impairment is permanent and it more about reasonable adjustments, coping strategies, awareness and support etc. It is a regrettable that the majority of adults living with autism also suffer from a mental health problem because it is difficult for them to cope or they are not coping without support. Take for example the high rate of male suicide for example, it is even higher if you suffer from other things that make your life difficult, understandably.