Jo Loughran, Interim Director at Time to Change, the mental health campaign run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, said:

“We have no confirmation that Kanye West’s hospital admission is in any way linked to mental health problems. It would be inappropriate and unhelpful for us or anyone else to speculate. We urge the media to give him space during this time.

Mental health is a serious subject, one in four of us will experience it in any one year, and it should not be oversimplified. We urge journalists to report responsibly and to avoid excessive speculation that trivialises, or at worst ridicules, mental health. Sensationalist and negative headlines risk adding to the stigma surrounding mental health problems.”

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Notes to Editor:

For more information please contact Emma Warren, Senior Media Officer at Time to Change at [email protected] or call 07894 915 689.

* For more information on responsible reporting, please visit: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/media-advice

**For access to a range of free images to accompany mental health news stories please visit: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/getthepicture. These images have been developed by Time to Change.

Time to Change
Time to Change is a campaign to change how we all think and act about mental health problems, led by the charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness. It is funded by the Department of Health, Comic Relief and the Big Lottery Fund. Set up to create a positive shift in public attitudes towards mental health problems, Time to Change supports communities, schools and workplaces to open up to mental health problems; to talk and to listen.

For more information go to www.time-to-change.org.uk