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This week, after an increase in the number of members who approach physicians about anxiety and depression, officials approved funding ? 25,000 per year for a mental health clinic in Parliament

Alastair Campell

, journalist and former director of communications and strategy for Tony Blair

I was very happy to see the title proclaiming "MPs for Clinical Mental Health Parliament depression and anxiety." I know that the general opinion of parliamentarians is negative, but work hard and thick under real pressure, so it would be surprising if there are a large number of parliamentarians and staff who would benefit from support area of ??psychiatry.

If one in four of us needs help for a mental health problem, why should MPs be any different? In fact, all that the authorities have accepted a ? 25,000 a support program year. Not much, but a step in the right direction. Parliament is a major employer in my opinion all major employers should provide mental health support for staff. This is good for the employer, and ultimately will save resources, and good for the staff. Parliaments and parliamentarians should take the initiative in this area, when in fact they are often overlooked, and that so few members spoke of mental illness, stigma tends to be strengthened.

Oliver James, author, psychiatrist and psychotherapist

While I respect his campaign to de-stigmatize mental illness and that could be agreed that the government needs their head examined for their policies, there are three problems with this plan:

(1) Can you really make more people ask for help? I know a major commercial law firm (as the biggest companies) psychiatric support is freely available to their residents overworked and affluenza affected. Help employees because they risk losing their chances of promotion.

(2) I am less optimistic about psychiatry you. Psychiatrists most pills and patches offer other obstacles, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). For the most common problems, depression and anxiety, and really work. Most of the effect of antidepressants is a placebo, the patient may also swallow pencil. The meta-analysis showed that, 18 months after undergoing CBT, there is no difference between those who have and those who have not.

(3) Most importantly, I would like to hear your answer, what is the probability that this will change the fact that we have a mental illness double the UK (23%) compared in mainland Western Europe (11.5%)? We need to tackle the underlying causes of mental illness, do not play with the symptoms.

in (1) is due to the stigma, so we need to break that people feel at comfortable talking about mental health as they do physical health. I made a speech at the Bank of England this week and was very impressed that they had a resident in psychiatry and talked to people who had benefited from their presence, including the elderly.

In (2), which benefited from the experience of two psychiatrists and drugs.

If the doctors did the trick for you, great. But it seems that this is largely an exception. I guess I do admit a small part of the stigma could reduce sibilance. However, my main point is that the Human Genome Project is rapidly proving that genes play a small role in the onset of mental illness. The large differences in prevalence between countries suggests political, economic and cultural core

Now, there is also overwhelming evidence that our electrochemical parameters thermostat outcomes of care during the first six years of our lives and prenatal factors, threatens us more or less. This vulnerability is exacerbated in life after high economic inequality, excessive materialism and excessive stress on individuality at the expense of collectivism. You need a rethinking of what our society is that - is that the profits of a few small, or the well-being of the majority? The status quo is not only sustainable, but also emotionally. Some business contracts is far from being sufficient, a distraction from the real issues.


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