Calls to mental health charity reveal human cost of
recession / summary
Mental health
charity has difficulties in handling the demands for help that increased
enormously over the past years since the ongoing crisis appeared in mid-2008.
The number of phone calls has doubled! More and more families are affected even
those who previously seemed not. The suicide numbers are high in countries like
Greece and Ireland where the financial crisis was felt most acutely. Mind’s info
line is an organization which provides information about how to access
treatment up to how to manage debts. Stress, depression and anxiety cost the
economy over 30bn pounds each year.
Employers could help to cut the costs if they start to improve the way
they tend to deal with workplace stress and mental ill- health. Health minister
Simon Burns claims that funding is raised for talking therapies to ensure that
all who need it can make use of it.
Reaction:
I believe it is a
matter of government, employers and health organizations to take care of this
problem. We are all busy worrying about
our income and what is going to happen next, but we forget about the people who
are really in despair. On the other hand the recession makes us think about and
appreciate the smaller aspects in life and I hope it will make us less feeling
like individuals. When we all get an eye of our neighbours we learn to take
care of each other and suicidal thoughts could be recognized sooner and maybe
banned out of people’s minds.
By Renate Pollemans
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People pay so much for healthcare and get so little in return. A country should be healthy and if the people are not healthy, the country isn't either.Health care and mental care is becoming a very huge problem everywhere. It looks as if only the wealthy people will have access to medical treatments in the future.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenIt is indeed a good thing to ensure the availability of therapy for the ones that need it. I believe that ultimately all parties will benefit from investing in the mental health of employees. Healthy happy employees can endure and carry out their work better. By maintaining their jobs they are less of a burden to society and can contribute to a better overall economy because of their potentially higher purchasing power.
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