Welcome For Mental Health Film

Main Category: Mental Health
Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry
Article Date: 25 Jun 2008 - 0:00 PDT

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The British Psychological Society has warmly welcomed a new public information film to tackle mental health discrimination in the work place unveiled yesterday by Minister for Disabled People, Ann Keen.

The film addresses an issue which has been highlighted by Clinical Psychologists for many years, and identified as a significant barrier to recovery for people with mental health problems.

Chair of the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology, Dr Jenny Taylor said;

"The stigma associated with mental health problems can in themselves be debilitating, affecting so many aspects of the person's life. This film aims to challenge people's preconceptions and ask whether they would employ someone who had mental health issues.

Our hope, as Clinical Psychologists, is that the film will make employers and work colleagues think more about applicants for jobs or workmates who have a mental health problem and that as a result we will see greater acceptance of people with mental health problems in the workplace. Together we should all aspire to a society where discrimination and prejudice towards people with mental health problems is as unacceptable as sexism or racism."

The British Psychological Society