Mon, 01/06/2009 - 11:54am - Andy Harley - 1 Comments
So mental health is back in the news. Why? Britain’s Got Talent of course - doesn’t all the current news come from crooked M.Ps and BGT? I’m sat here listening to a supposed expert waxing lyrical over the mental state of a woman she has never met, never mind examined. So Susan Boyle has been assessed under the provisions of the Mental Health Act, an entirely sensible measure, how cou
Mon, 16/02/2009 - 3:06pm - Andy Harley - 1 Comments
With the report on “The World without the Fantastic Five” being published I wonder how events in history might have unravelled slightly differently given today’s attitudes:
The scene is Buckingham Palace, 10th May 1940, King George VI has summoned Winston Churchill…..
Wed, 04/02/2009 - 3:43pm - Andy Harley - 7 Comments
Here’s a piece of information which might make one or two recoil in shock. For the most part you couldn’t spot a depressive from any other member of society; you might need to get very close to someone before it became apparent.
Tue, 20/01/2009 - 5:17pm - Andy Harley - 21 Comments
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…..no actually don’t. Having a mental illness makes finding work hard. This might sound many things; astounding, sad, ridiculous, perverse, surprising, frightening, unlikely, justifiable, understandable or just blindingly obvious. You might secretly feel something you would not publicly air. It’s nothing to be ashamed of, we all have overt or latent prejudices, but it is most certainly something to be aware of and to open your mind about.
