The following blog is as a result of a discussion I was having on Twitter regarding Mental Health & medication. I was unable to continue in the discussion for 2 reasons,

1. I was informed I had reached my tweet limit for the day...
2. I'm shit at following threads to different participants, I am, to some extent social network dysfunctional,
I have never really got my head round the workings of the internet in many area, like threads...
I've tried my head doesn't take it in, I have, if you like IT issues, I have never so much as ripped and burned a disk , I've tried, I can't work it out, I've had it explained, I can't take it in and keep it registered in my head, its a problem.... but I do my best to keep up with technology as best I can, and use it in the ways that suit my needs which is basically as a extended type writer, means of communication & research & aid for my art and photography work.

Anyway , I diversify, this is normal for me , I go off on tangents...

I shall try to keep this relevant to the subject of Mental Health issues , medication and how in relation to health & social welfare..

  I shall endevour to write it in report form but not a formal report, its a blog, but report format is probably the best way of addressing the issues involved, however its been a few years since I wrote a proper report so I may go off on a tangent, I will try to keep it relevant & hope you can bare with me in that regard.

It has been the historical practice of health professionals to relate many "mental health " conditions as genetic or with regard to the nature nurture argument.
http://www.simplypsychology.org/naturevsnurture.html

My pesonal opinion is that both factors can & often do contribute, however, I strongly believe that the biggest contributor to the most commonly recognized mental health issue in the 20th & 21st century that the  medical & phyciatric professions see, diognois & treat these days are directly related to the wider aspects of social conditions,
& that the most common & frequently diagnosed mental health issues ie, those related to depression, stress, alcoholism, drug & substance addiction, eating disorders & other issues of abuse, ie domestic, sexual, race or religious/cultural,  gender/sexuality based abuses, bullying etc are directly related to social conditions & conditioning.

Note I do not include bipolar disorder within this list, I regard bipolar disorder as a separate condition with  a separate set of diagnostic prognosis that may &  does include depression in its various varying degrees of intensity, and stress. Additionally, I do not consider it as diagnosed under the medical or psychiatric diagnostic models in relation to that deemed as schizophrenia according to the prognosis of its previous name in relation  to what was widely known  and recognized as hysteria though it has been my experience and observation that these days many people are diagnosed as bipolar when in fact they are suffering from  various degrees of depression , and that this is in fact mis-diagnosis.
I do however believe it is still subject of the sociological & societal aspect that contribute to mental health as all other conditions, and indeed in respect of social conditioning , possibly more than others.

 I also regard & consider medically diagnosed conditions such as autism , aspergers and similar conditions in the same way asBipolar disorder &other conditions which themself can include & cover a wide range of atomistic contributory factors related to the thinking process in relation to mind, or what 's recognise as brain functions, these being factors that involve a vast area of physiological structures related to the brain & therefore medical phyciatric models of health & diagnosis, but I believe traditional medicine often over overrides in issues related to consciousness and spiritualty in regard of mind function, remembering that the mind is not a physically anatomically identifiable organ it is a function of thought, energy transference that is linked  to brain functions ( brain waves if you like) & thus is a state of consciousnesses as considered by the likes of Jung, Freud and indeed many other lesser known spiritual leaders & philosophers going back over time immemorial not all with a backgrounds in medicine or the medical professions but who were socially or spiritual guides or philosophers in their communities or by profession.

That is not to say that I don't recognise that some of these brain disorders & conditions can be genetic or of a physiological, biological or anatomical origin, but I will cover this at a later point in this blog when considering the affect of treatments & pharmacological interventions and the role they play both medically & genetically in regard of the various treatments of mental health conditions.. 

In contrast the history of phyciatric medicine comes from physical medicine & the early attempts of treating mental illness during the 20th century were guided by a set of assumptions made by early German Psychiatrist Emil Kraepelin.(1856-1926)

 "Emil Kraepelin views can be summarized briefly thus;
 madness is qualitatively  different from normal functions
there is a finite and countable number of varieties of madness
these are best understood by biological illnesses."

"Since its beginnings phyciatric medicine has advocated treatments that can fairly be described as cruel & barbaric; the incarceration of millions in crowded asylums, the introduction of brain damaging "therapies" such as insulin coma and the pre-frontal lobotomy."

"Even today in the case of most  severe mental health illnesses many people suffer from persisting symptoms and are socially isolated, economically-non productive & therefore poor, and astonishingly cross cultural comparisons show that people with mental helth problems in the developing world have a greater chance of recovering from their difficulties than those in the industrialized nations."

"Indeed many modern psyciatrists still resort to extreme remidies, eg; anti psychotic drugs which have very severe side affects such as Parkinsons symptoms, diabetes ,sexual dysfunction, obesity and risk of sudden death through a variety of rare adverse reactions. Yet 30% of people given them fail to obtain any benefit at all, for reasons that are not known, and so are being exposed to these risks for no good cause".
 including  Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)      which i personally witnessed patients being treated for alcoholism as well as schizophrenia and depression being treated with, in 1997 and saw both the immediate affects and the effects over a peiod of 11weeks, it was my conclusion that this treatment did not result in any long term benefit & quite possibley had negative side effects in both the short & long term.

"It is therefore argued that these poor practices reflect limited resources; it might also be argued that they are the consequences of poor professional training & practice."

Kraeplen believed he had identified three major types of severe psychiatric disorders  ;
1. dementia praecox (later named schizophrenia by Bleuer),  
2. manic depression ( covering all the serious mood disorder),
3. paranoia ( renamed delusional disorder) in which patients experience only delusions.


"Roll over Kraepelin" Wolverhampton university hand out (2006)


It is my believe that many practitioners of psychiatry have taken a step backward in recent decades and sadly have returned to using the diagnostic principles and methods originating with Kraepelin , and in fact have gone even further in bad practice method by combining & confusing the 3 disorders above and labeling them as bipolar disorder including diagnosing sometimes milder depression and stress symptoms under the umbrella of this medical label.

Additionally I believe that these poor practices stems from two major factors,which I call

1. medi-socio-politico,which I define in relation to the political influences on medicine to control that which is deemed anti socail behavior a role formally partaken by family and church influences to control anti establishment believes or behaviors, and which in todays society is often propagated by the media which itself has strong ties to politics & indeed media is controlled by 6 main corporations who's principle directors can be traced back to having financial links & investment in pharmaceutical companies.

2. capita-pharma -politico the influance of big pharmaceutical companies & the drugs trade as a means of suppression, oppression and indeed social control including war, & with relation to ecconomic & financial influences via these routes in relation to capitalist agendas and financial gains by political & corporate powers which in turn takes us back to these 6 media corporations which control the propaganda we read or watch in relation to advertising or promoting ideas in relation to health modes, & lifestyles & thus we have the combination of medi-socio-politico-capita-pharma 
This would probably be best represented with the word being written in circular form to demonstrate what I mean with regard to the continuance of the vicious circle it reflects.


I am not a physician or doctor,& it is important that I stress that, in the sence, I guess, these are my own thoughts in regard of these issues are based in my own theories  & conclusions in relation to what I have read & studied in relation to mind, mental health social health & spirituality and personal experiences & influenced by theories of those whom i have read and agreed with.

I touched on this subject in one of my university essays in relation to the tobacco industry,however I am far from an expert in that regard, although I have thought it through and elaborated & reflected on the theory many times since then.


 I realize this may be regarded as controversial, but I regard the condition now deemed Bipolar disorder to be related to a state of consciousness or spiritual awakening that is both,  mocked  and or, not medically recognized or even fully understood by many medical professionals.

Stigmatization goes hand in hand with mental health issues, it is the greatest barrier MH patents have to contend with before & after diagnosis, it is, and has also been one of the establishments greatest weapons of controlling mental health via the media & politico route. (medi-politico)

These day as before it causes discrimination & segregation and is a tool political hierarchies have, since their beginnings, manipulated as one of their greatest assets for oppressing & controlling society via the class, race, religious, gender & sexuality pathways of  establishment control.

I believe bipolar is a a state of heightened awareness or consciousness of exstsetial merit within the patient, ie a physic connection to a higher degree of kinetic energy mass linked to IQ & EQ  than is common, or the recognized norm,  and therefore is mistreated resulting in patients being stigmatized and thus prevents them from being able to address or channel these energies in a positive manner & instead leaves them fearful of what should be recognized as not only an asset, but a heightened state of consciousness or mental awakening or awareness that many intellectuals, philosophers and enlightened thinkers would wish to attain.

Indeed, among many ancient cultures & followers of ancient religions that predate Christianity or the modern religions , those who presented many of the  issues regarded as "symptoms"  of the conditions deemed hysteria/ schizophrenia/madness or bipolar were held in high esteem and considered prophetic or in possession of a special gift.
This fact, I think, did not go unrecognized by historical modern hierarchies as they were establishing themselves &  their links with religious hierarchies whose influence on family & society was indeed often more influential within communities, this is demonstrated by  the famous quote of Thomas Szaas

"“If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.” 

In the early days of diagnostic psychiatry, & to this day if you hear voices, or to give it its medical terminology "have auditory hallucinations, you are mentally ill, however, we are expected to believe respect & even kiss the ring of consecutive popes who allegedly do not have schizophrenia but apparently a direct line to god with who they communicates frequently, apparently, as with  many papal predecessors, indeed according to the christian bible & this applies with the Islamic faith & Qur'an also,those with whom god communicated or spoke to were his prophets, but according to medical and established phyciatric models god is selective and if he talks to Joe Bloggs OR June Bloggs is a nutter, mad as a hatter and should be put on meds or incarcerated for his/her own & safety and safety of others.

Of course, if someone is a danger to himself or other he should be subject of inquiery, assessment, support/therapy & if need be or found suitable & just, incarceration, however the vast majority of people with mental health conditions are neither a danger to themself or the public but stigmatization & labeling they are subject of not only discriminates & causes prejudice & fear against them, but is in itself an issue that can be fundamental in contributing to what leads to them becoming a danger to themself or others. 

This demonstrates not only the discriminative aspects used in regard of the politics of psychiatry but it also demonstrates what I consider an absurd set of assumptions of those within the profession & the public to reject and or mock that which they have not experienced personally as delusion, or hallucination, yet still pertaining to the belief that in select cases and dependent on the how that person is placed in society either by profession , class or religious authority or believe that the possibility to communicate with god or spiritual energies exists. (medi-poitic)

I suggest that what one person may deem delusion is in fact another persons reality, and it is in this area I believe that the medical and phyciatric professions fail those of a heightened state of consciousness often as a result of their class or social position in society, or if you like, as pertaining to a state of awareness prejudiced,   ie those with better means of accessing various types of support/ therapy/treatment & consultation to consider and explore these states of consciousness have a better chance of managing the condition and understanding it, indeed even being able to to advance to a stage where they can  manipulate these ultra consciousness states to positive advantage for themself and others, instead of being stigmatized &  fearing them & indeed, the consequence of having them.
This is how I see conditions that we label like schizophrenia, bipolar,and the various degrees of autistic conditions.

I will come back to this in relation to medication & treatment, but I want to move on to
Social & cultural impacts on health ,"sociology", the environment we live in,  the contributing issue related to that environment that impact on health & well being that are are fundamental in assessing issues related to mental health conditions, any health conditions.

The sociological issues that affect our personal environment, include employment, housing, wealth poverty, education and various cultural &,family issues that impact our lifestyle, how we spend our days, our diet, exercise how we stimulate our minds, our interests, our interactions with others, all impact on our health in different ways, as well as the wider aspects of what we generally consider environmental ie, the condition's of our surrounding, whither we live in busy packed smoky dirty urban towns, or the country side where the pace of life is considered slower & indeed healthier.

It would be fair to say I agree with the school of thought that pertains to that which is known as the anti psychiatry movement of those like RD Lang, Thomas Szaas & David Cooper Sartre.

Death of the Family David Cooper (1972)
The manufacture of maddness Thomas Szaas (1970)
The myth of mental illness Thomas Szaas (1960)
The devided self RD Lang (1960)

The anti psychiatry movement  emerged in the 1960/70 & broke with the traditional theories of the medical & phyciatric models of treatments for mental health conditions, focusing on less chemical & drug  intervention  a more analytical & alternative therapies for treating mental health conditions, including allowing patients to explore their conditions often in what many deemed radical methods of self discovery, these methods were not always without drug induced states or mind altering drugs however drug intervention or use was seen as secondary to the treatment & was used generally as a short term intervention.
Treatments focused on talk therapy & support council as opposed to telling patients what was best for them ie drugs or surgical intervention. 
These treatment fell within the treatment methods known as the "third way" often attributed to Freud's psychoanalytical thearies, & his theories related to the unconscious state or phinomina & dream analysis.
These fields were also explored by Carl Jung(1875-1961) who tended not to focus so much on issues related to that considered as sexual deviance an issue witch it could be suggested Fraud himself was both obsessed & himself had issues in relation to.  

It has been shown that patients of the anti psychiatry movement had high success rates and  many found methods of alternative management of their conditions that eliminated the need for drug intervention  or treatment. 
see Mary Barns RD Langs most famous pacient.  
http://youtu.be/q2hY4N_fNWw
http://youtu.be/13s9oLvb-Bg
 http://youtu.be/9Fs7djUK-A8


OK, so lets talk medication  in relation to Mental health conditions.
I shall concentrate on the post 2end world war to date, period, because for the purpose of this essay, report , blog, it is I believe the period of relevance from both sociological and scientific pharmacological perspective's  in relation to mental & indeed physical health in relation to treatments & genetic/biological factors. 

Many of the  social & ecconomic conditions that affected those of post war WW2 Britain are the same ones we find many society dealing with now,in relation to poverty & deprivation, squalor, education ignorance,
housing shortages, unemployment want ,idleness,  health  physical & mental health conditions, desease.

It seems to me a sad reflection of our time that these same 5 core issues today in relation to Health & social welfare are the same 5 core principles that brought about the Beveridge report in 1942 & prompted the founding of the NHS in Britain.

  The core principles of todays social policies in the uk dates back to William Beveridge (1879-1963) The Beveridge Report  served as the basis for the post-World War II welfare state put in place by the Labour government elected in 1945
The report  written in 1942 identified what came to be known as the big 5, in other words the 5 main issues in society that contributed to social & ecconomic problems in regard of health welfare & indeed ecconomic progress, these were
1. squalor 
2. ignorance
3.want
4. idleness
5,, disease,
The report proposed widespread reform the system to social welfare to address these issues.
Beveridge stated it would be necessary to have a proper NHS, a policy of full employment & allowances paid to families with children, and that the scheme he proposed was in some ways a revolution but more importantly it was a natural development from the past.

As a new Liberal, Beveridge believed people had a duty to fend for themselves as far as possible
but that the government should intervene to guarantee a minimum living standard for all citizens.
He believed that citizens should be able to claim benefits based on contributions as a right rather than as a philanthropy but that they had an obligation to get fit to retake over responsibility for their life's as soon as possible.
He was against means testing.

http://cgshistory.weebly.com/uploads/1/6/9/9/16994998/the_beveridge_report.pdf

The Beveiridge report was followed by the foundation/creation of the NHS in 1948 its 3 core principles were; 
1. It was to be universal, i.e. to provide health care of the same standard throughout the

UK.

2. It was to be comprehensive, covering all health needs

3. it was to be free at the point of delivery, available to all citizens equally on the

basis of need, not ability to pay. 

 I have included this information because I believe it is relevant to what followed both in regard to social policy & the development of said down through the decades till now and also because I think  there are aspects of lifestyles  then & now that are comparable & reflect the issues that we are now find ourselves addressing in relation to mental health issues & the impact of social & medical contributory factors during that post war period into the 60& 70 & how they may be impacting on present generations from a social & genetic prospective as a result of treatments that were being administered then in relation to mental health condition.

Looking briefly at the post war error we can examine some of the social issues that existed then & compare them to now, in relation to how  these issues arose and also how they were tackled and addressed in relation to health & social welfare & including medical & pharmaceutical treatments that I believe could be linked to some of the mental health issues that appear to be on the rise in regard of  children of that era & those that followed.

I shall address this by considering each of the 5 giants, as they were called by Beveridge.

Squalor, 
Even for those of us who were born after the 2end world war it should not be difficult to imagine the state of Britain post world war 2. Many towns & cities had been subject of bombing attack during the blitz.
It is estimated that 2 million homes were destroyed during the blitz, 60,000 people lost their lives, 87,000 were seriously injured. Of course it was not only homes that were destroyed, small & large businesses were affected , rds & of course infrastructure.
This squalor is the same squalor that people now live &  face daily in countries like Iraq, Lybia, Afghanistan, Syria  many other where wars continue to destroy homes, schools, business infrastructure, & places where social interactions take place clubs etc & life's causing mass displacement as well as the other negative health impacts war has on peoples life's physically & mentally & emotionally.= issues of medical,social & political concern  (medi-socio-politico)
Squalor, poverty & deprivation has proven links to Disease, TB for example is linked to poor & damp housing conditions, malnutrition, =poor diet, these are only 2 examples however consider the knock on effect on mental health which of course relates to all aspects of those living with war or post war conditions and the impact of that on mental health, ie, PTS, depression, stress .

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2243951/The-astonishing-interactive-map-EVERY-bomb-dropped-London-Blitz.html

Ignorance 
There is little doubt that education standards in post war Britain were not as good as the are now, but were better than during previous decades where although education was seen to be mandatory from the age of 5, it was subject of various loopholes that allowed for children to work (meaning education was planned around work schedules) and was by and large the responsabiliy of churches, industrialist & charitable organizations, which meant education was subject to the ideology of the educator and indeed was basic reading writing & counting skill & religious ed, so not surprising that ignorance was an issue.

 Education was made compulsory to age 15 in 1947. The 1944 Act had  recommended compulsory part-time education for all young people until the age of 18, but this provision was dropped so as not to overburden the post-war spending budget (as had happened similarly with the Act of 1918) and it is fair to suggest that it wasn't until the mid sixties under the Labour government of 1965 that education began to improve for working class children.
If we then couple poor education standards with the emotional influences of people devastated by war who have lost loved ones, in conflict or find themself with or living with those physically injured or traumatized by the effects of war & add to this the propaganda elements they have lived with throughout war regarding race, culture hatred extra, we can see how patterns of ignorance are cultivated & manipulated in regard of ignorance. = education (media  cultural/social propaganda/political influences) (medi-socio-politico).
Additionally, this is where I suggest factors related to decease as illness or trauma /mental health issues begin to form a a pattern that introduces>
 want. 
want can be broken down into 3 parts
people WANT to always improve their lifestyles
people  WANT to be healthy
people WANT to provide  for the security & safety of their children. 

In addressing the WANT issue I think we address the biggest contributing factor in regard of issues related to mental health we face today & I firmly believe many of them to have grown as a result of that post war period, the social environment conditions & conditioning of that time & the pharmaceutical treatments that were being used as well as some of the social solution that were encouraged and seen to be acceptable during the 50's 60's 70's.

Those who had came thru the Blitz had needs & want for many things as a result of war, just like those today. 
The obvious practical needs apart like housing, work and medical care which I shall come to are, it could be suggested, equal to the want to forget the bad times & revile in hope and more relaxing pursuits so it is not unfair to suggest nights at the pub socializing and mixing with friends is not a bad solution, and alcohol as we are aware promotes, at least in theory, an uplifting feeling.

Its also fair to suggest that job opportunists would also have been fairly abundant for those returning from war, towns and cities had to be rebuild from the ground up so job creation was there even if decent wages or working conditions were not, there was oppertunity to work and earn enough to put some food on the table & beer or gin in the belly. 
I believe its also fair to suggest that these social solutions would have been coupled with in many cases pharmaceutical treatments and evidance shows that apart from those who would have had want & need for medications to treat issues related to injury & indeed respiratory conditions resulting from conditions on the battlefield & in conflict as well as those related to the various deceases that may have been contracted in the trenches all give ample want and need for medical treatments and pharmaceutical interventions.
In addition there was a higher degree of proscribed medicines for sleep disorders, anxiety depression and trauma (pts).  
During the post war period & throughout the50's& 60's the use barbiturates,benzodiazepines,
& anti psychotic drugs was common practice,frequently and generously prescribed, drugs like Valium, Mogodon & Temazipan came to be known as mothers little helpers, although it came to be recognized that these drugs had serious adverse side affects that in fact presented the same symptoms as those that had been used as the prognosis for which they were proscribed, & additionally they were shown to cause addiction presenting further adverse health implications. 
As I mentioned earlier Anti Psychotic drugs have been linked to Parkinson decease, and there is strong evidance to support that the long term use of these drugs can be linked to many serious & cognitive conditions including dementia and Alzheimer decease.
Not surprising then that we are now seeing the onset of dementia & Alsheimer's in many of the baby boomers at a much earlier age than previously was regarded as a normal progression into old age.

It is therefore also fair to presume or suggest that the affect of these drugs on physical and mental health could also be attributed to genetically transferable conditions and  deformed births, as well as being cause for mental ill health conditions that are passed genetically/biologically.That which affects the pregnant mother also affects the fetus, ie fetal alcohol syndrome, or babies born to heroine addict having withdrawal symptoms & drug induced conditions


http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1993866/
http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/75/suppl_3/iii2.full

It is my believe that these various pharmaceutical induced conditions and birth defects also contribute to many of the social ills that result in mental health conditions like alcoholism, substance misuse abuses as a means of doponine produced relieve , ie when people are stressed they are known to smoke more cigerettes or have a wee drink to calm them down however these socially acceptable and legal substances can also be shown to agrivate social behaviors and mood which can in turn lead to abusive and indeed violent and anti social behaviors and so the visious circle is perpetuated.
 ie media promotes drinking alcohol as a socially acceptable practice that relaxes and allows us to interact this is good for the alcohol buisness( capitalism in the same way the tobacco industry is big buisness dispute the health implications) so, alcohol is advertised as a socail, even happy thing, even though we know that it is indicated as a primary denominator in domestic & often sexual violence and other abusive and violent social situations, additionally we know that alcohol is additive.

Alcohol can lead to depression and is treated with anti-depressent and anti psychotic drugs which in turn are often known to be addictive & the pathway into other drug abuses ie opiates, and opiates are also fall within the range of composites that are used in seditives, sleeping pills, anti-depressant and the groups of  drugs mentioned previously.
But, the pharmaceutical industry makes big bucks so it is in the interest of both the medical & political professions to capitalize on them because they make for good ecconomic buisness, and so we have the perpetuation of medi-socio-capito-politico-medi = media promotes social benefits which boosts capitalist benefits which promotes political needs which promote social contol which benefits from medical    interventions which capitalises from pharmaceutical intervention which controls social behaviors which works for political capitalisation   which is promoted through media promotion & propaganda.

This set of politically motivated circumstances is then brings us to the issue of

Idleness
idleness is regarded by government as a social disease, it is the excuse they use to blame the working class for the failures of government polices and procedure, it is the excuse they use to stigmatize those who are unable to work either because work is not available or because they have health conditions related to physical conditions that may or may not be related to genetic/biological imparment as a result of the reasons given above or accident or whatever, or in relation to mental health conditions again which can and I suggest generally are as a result of social health & welfare contributory factors as related to the reason explained previously. 

Over the that 3 decades the uk has seen a decline in many of its once thriving industries covering everything from textiles & potteries to ship building car manufacturing and many others.
This has resulted in employment declines & that in turn has affected training initiatives for trade apprenticeship training, additionally many of the service industries including utilites & telecomunications have fallen victim of out sourcing to countries that offer cheap labor opportunities, & also who have poor regulation of workers rights and use child labor. 
All of these factors contribute to a rise not in idleness as possessed by government,but by unemployment and a rise in social and mental health problems most commonly linked to mental health & social health problems & concerns.
Additionally consecutive government have failed to maintain health care standards by cutting jobs , training and educational opportunities within the health & welfare sector to the detriment of health & socail welfare providers and those in frontline services, by veering towards the private sector, this affects employees as well as patients impacting on the financial, & mental health of these former employees giving rise to an upsurge in statistics related to depression , stress, & substance abuse issues including issues related to addiction to prescribed medicines. 
This in turn has a domino affect on whats we could call social deceases ie domestic abuse , sexual abuse,  substance abuse  issues that come under the umbrella of mental health conditions.

Additionally these conditions often see patients with mental health conditions being put on pharmaceutical treatments with out appropriate monitoring of their condition,or additional counseling support and or  alternative forms of treatment being offered, or available, as opposed to perpetual drug treatments often when the case is in regard of depression or stress or addiction issues when drug therapy is meant to be a stop gap to help suppress emotional distress while the patients works thru the issues involved and addresses them, often leading to additional physical health issues resulting from long term use of these prescribed drugs and often with additional addiction issues insuing, while actual health benefits to the patients from these pharmaceutical treatments are not long term or sustainable & often impact negatively on  physical health.


Aaddition those able to access treatment in the private sector are subject to financial resources, so it discriminates against those able to access treatments & support and thus causes class division in healthcare in which the poor and most vulnerable suffer most, and with high unemployment resulting from government cuts, the divide get bigger more people are subject to financial distress and again the problem is perpetuated negatively on the poorer classes.


In conclusion it is my beleive that there is a need to address the issues related to long term pharmaceutical intervention in and more emphisis should be put on explosing alternative therapies which should be available on the NHS, that in no way suggests that I do not appreciate the need for drug intervention in some cases , including long term, however it is my believe that the use of drugs in mental health areas presently is being misused to propagate political capitalist and financial interest of pharmaceutical corporations and as a means of social control to the detriment of individuals & pacients when alternative therapies and support should be and could be persued and explored.

post script ,
 I said I would address issues related to gevernment policy and Atos in this blog, i guess I got a little side tracked but as a blog i think this is long enough , i shall come back to address the Atos issue soon.