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A Manifesto: Build Back Better Mental Health in Wales

The old story of mental health is no longer fit for purpose. COVID-19 has shown us all first-hand how our circumstances impact our mental health.

Too often when we talk about mental health we focus on the individual. We put the problem on the individual and we ask, “What’s wrong with you”, but this is misleading and unhelpful. You cannot understand mental health without first considering somebody’s circumstances.

This means asking:  Do they have access to nurturing friendships and relationships? Do they feel connected to their local community? Do they have secure housing, secure employment, and access to education?
If we think like this, then the most useful question is, “What’s happened to you?” Not, “What’s wrong with you”.

The global pandemic has affected everyone. Many of us have experienced and will continue to experience distress due to COVID-19. However, those also facing isolation, job insecurity, food poverty, or living in an abusive or stressful household will be significantly more impacted.

The early years of life are vital, but children live in circumstances that they are powerless to change. They cannot think their way out of their problems, and they are dependent on the adults around them. Similarly, adults living in distress and strain due to their circumstances cannot think their way out of these circumstances.

Therefore, this is not about creating more access to one-to-one therapy, counselling, or mental health services.

Instead, we need to ask ourselves:
How do we create the right conditions for children and adults to thrive now?

How do we stop the intergenerational cycles of trauma being passed from one generation to the next?

How do we support the next generation to have good mental health?

Here are our ideas...

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        • A North West Just Recovery following coronavirus
        • Manchester- PSPO letter
      • Midlands >
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        • Leicester
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      • ECT Suspension
      • Elections 2021
      • Black Lives Matter
      • COVID 19 and Internet Access
      • Building Resilience and Community Wellbeing
      • Save the T4CYP Programme
      • Support the Mind over matter Report
      • Social and Political Causes of Poor Mental Health
      • Responding to Austerity and Mental Health in Wales - Accessible Document
      • UN Report on Extreme Poverty in the UK Letter
  • Blog
  • Position statements
    • Racism is Not Entertainment
    • Response to Panorama: Undercover Hospital Abuse Scandal
    • Letter to Jeremy Hunt
    • UK Government Green Paper, Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision
    • Esther McVey: PSC and RITB response
  • Campaigns
    • Structural racism demands a structural response
    • Embed anti-racism in the NHS
    • COVID-19 >
      • Mutual Aid
      • COVID and mental health
    • PSC Manifesto 2019
    • Visioning a new education system
    • New Savoy Conference Statement
    • Formulating Policy >
      • Origins of Happiness? PSC response
      • Basic Income: Psychological Impact Assessment
    • Preaching to the Non-Converted
    • Psychologists Against Austerity >
      • Austerity Briefing Paper
      • Everyday Austerity
    • Private Health Watch
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