Proof positive of something many of us had suspected for some time by careful observation of the native population, and from our own entirely subjective experience.

Living under a Labour government is dangerous for your mental health.

Government figures released today show the full extent of the damage to the nation’s mental health.

The Office of National Statistics carried out surveys of the mental health of the nation in 1993 and 2000.

There was no significant difference between the rates for any neurotic disorder for all adults aged 16 to 64 in 2000 and those found in the 1993 survey. In 1993, 20 per cent of women and 13 per cent of men had a neurotic disorder, while in 2000 the equivalent figures were 20 per cent and 14 per cent.

Today, on World Mental Health Day, the Care Services Minister, Phil Woolas, has released new figures to justify the £77 Billion that will be spent on trying to nurse the electorate back to some form of mental health. Woolas said:

One in four people suffer from a mental health problem at any one time and mental ill health costs the economy over £77 billion a year, according to estimates. The Government is developing a new strategy for mental health for the coming years called New Horizons, currently out for consultation.

No change in the figures from 1993 to 2000, and a 25% increase from 2000 to 2009.

1 in 5 in 2000, 1 in 4 in 2009.

The Labour Government have had to open an extra 52 new ‘talking therapy services’ to cope with the increased demand.

The majority of the new sites will not open until after the next General Election. Now why would that be?

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October 10, 2009 at 22:11

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FTAC Watch October 10, 2009 at 11:08

Could some of this 25% increase in those with mental health problems be account for by the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (FTAC) detaining ‘undesirables’? There are plenty of Labour supporting doctors that are all too willing to comply with orders to find something wrong with someone that Labour want locked up. Check it out yourself. (http://ftacwatch.blogspot.com/2009/09/you-yes-you-have-personality-disorder.html) I defy anyone not to have something in their lives that complicit doctors could base a contrived diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’ on.

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Saul October 10, 2009 at 13:23

Whilst I am sure there are many people suffering from mental health problems, and they may well benefit from ‘talking therapy services’ to cope with the increased demand.
I would also like to suggest opening some SKUTB, (Swift Kick Up the Backside) Centres. These can help weed out the people who try and justify their bad behaviour by hiding behind the latest fashionable excuse for it.

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Gloria Smudd October 10, 2009 at 15:18

It’s an interesting proposition Saul. I expect Lord Mandelson will soon get his people to get some other people to discuss getting some other people together for a brainstorming session to arrive at a consensus on how best to put together another group of people to ‘think outside the box’ and challenge the accepted paradigms before some other people study their conclusions and then some other people propose some forward-thinking solutions. Let’s hope they get the most competent people in the loop at every stage.

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fidothedog October 10, 2009 at 18:28

We can put underpants on our heads, pencils up the nose and sod work. Just claim sick pay and go wibble.

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Elvera October 10, 2009 at 19:56

Saul
……ahhhh, the Craggy Island technique as experienced by Bishop Brennan…..most effective!

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lee October 15, 2009 at 15:48

Yes, that’s correct everyone. People with a mental illness are just putting it on aren’t they, so they can claim more dole money? Of course they are, any right minded person will claim to be mentally ill with all the attached stigma just so they can get an extra few quid a week.

And that stigma I’m talking about, it’s directed by people like you with your infantile comments which seek to portray people with mental health problems as frauds. Idiots.

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Elvera October 15, 2009 at 18:15

Satire lee…satire!….God forbid that we can’t laugh at the lunacy of life!