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Article: Jo Brand's week
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 23, 1996
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This week is the 50th anniversary of Mind, the mental health
charity, and recent research conducted by Mind itself shows that
the number of people using mental health services is rising fairly
rapidly. Mind has made a great contribution to easing the stigma
felt by people who have mental health problems. The days are gone
when you could pay your money and take a walk round your local
asylum to have a look at all the mad people, but attitudes haven't
changed that much. The general public still see those with mental
health problems as dangerous objects, instead of people.
In my experience, most of those who are ill, even if they have a
debilitating illness, have a wonderful logic to what they ...