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Mental ill health has only recently been recognised as a 'disability' giving the service users the same standing in law as a physically disabled person. However, mental illness is still stigmatised in society and does not always evoke the same empathy and understanding as the other disabilities.

A wider debate around the latest developments in this sector is of paramount importance in order to reduce the public prejudice and stigma that surrounds mental illness.

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Recent convert to Islam' is arrested after bomb explosion in restaurant 23 March 2008 Alexi Mostrous The Times
Synopsis
A Muslim convert with a history of mental illness who was �preyed upon and radicalised� injured himself yesterday after a device he was carrying exploded in a busy shopping centre in Exeter.

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Cannabis dealers prey on hospitals 6 February 2008 Jill Sherman and Richard Ford The Times
Synopsis
Drug dealers are preying on patients in mental health units by pretending that they are friends and selling them cannabis, a government health chief revealed last night.

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Where depression is still taboo 5 February 2008 Neil Brener The Times
Synopsis
Mental illness is still a big stigma in the Square Mile, says this leading City psychiatrist

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Suicidal young men are told: don't bottle it up 27 March 2006 Alexandra Frean The Times
Synopsis
The television and poster campaign is attempting to raise public awareness about the scale of the problem.

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Medicine Sparked Gambling Addictions. 1 November 2007 Adam Sage The Times
Synopsis
A Parkinson�s disease sufferer won a groundbreaking ruling giving him compensation rights after he lost �130,000 (�90,000) from a gambling addiction which he blamed on his medication.

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Might this law have saved Abigail? I think not 17 April 2007 Sheila Hollins The Times
Synopsis
My daughter Abigail Witchalls was left paralysed after a man with a suspected mental disorder stabbed her in 2005.

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MP rebellion looms over new mental health curbs 17 April 2007 Greg Hurst The Times
Synopsis
Mental health professionals and opposition parties have joined forces to resist wider powers to detain people with a mental disorder deemed to pose a danger to others.

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Changing minds Wednesday March 7 2007 Mary O'Hara The Guardian
Synopsis
Coming new to campaigning after 20 years as a career civil servant does not stop the new chief executive of the charity Rethink spelling out exactly where the government is going wrong on mental health.

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Haunted by a life in care Wednesday March 7 2007 Mark Gould The Guardian
Synopsis
Diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder, Gul Davis waited 11 years before he started to receive effective treatment.

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The jury's out: I'm guilty of having a mental illness Wednesday March 7 2007 Clare Allan The Guardian
Synopsis
Like 2 million other viewers, I tuned in to The Verdict on BBC2 recently, curious to witness the goings-on behind the closed doors of a jury room in a major criminal trial - albeit a fictional one.

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No refuge, no shelter Sunday 17 September 2006 Jo Revill The Observer
Synopsis
A sense of falling into a dark place and being unable to clamber out had gripped Ruth since the death of her mother three years ago.

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Mentally ill 'denied equal car by NHS Thursday 14 September 2006 Nigel Hawkes The Times
Synopsis
The Health Service is complacent and fatalistic about the physical needs of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities, according to an investigation by the Disability Rights Commission.

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What I've Learned From ADD   Edward M. Hallowell MSN
Synopsis
When I discovered that I had attention deficit disorder (ADD) some years ago, it was one of the great "Aha!" experiences of my life.

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10 steps to happiness June 28 2006 Emily Cook Daily Mail
Synopsis
Say hello to a stranger and turn off the TV… Tips for young mothers to shake off stress
'It's a serious subject'

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I saw men naked in their beds and others at dinner July 10 2006 Sam Lister The Times
Synopsis
I saw men naked in their beds and others at dinner

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Cinderella service that is crying out for a prince to rescue it July 10 2006 Nigel Hawkes The Times
Synopsis
The mentally ill and mentally handicapped deserve better. They always did and always will

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100 women raped or assaulted in hospital July 10 2006 Sam Lister The Times
Synopsis
Health ministers sit on damaging report for months

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The key to children’s happiness 25th June 2006 Amanda Blinkhorn The Sunday Times
Synopsis
The number of children with mental health problems is rising but, as Amanda Blinkhorn discovers, parents can do something about it.

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Companies ‘ignoring mental health of staff’ 5th June 2006 Graham Searjeant The Times
Synopsis
Graham Searjeant reports the findings of Shaw Trust which concludes, after a survey of 550 senior public and private sector managers, that British business as well as the public sector are ignoring the mental health of their worker.

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Help to Manage Symptoms 25th May 2006   The Hendon Times
Synopsis
Barnet Primary Care Trust (PCT) is offering a free six-week self-management course t help anyone living with a long term health condition to manage their symptoms.

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It’s a beautiful life 29th March 2006 Elaine Doyle The Guardian
Synopsis
A research by City & Guilds revealed that beauticians are the happiest workers in Britain
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