Parity of esteem for mental and physical health is a red herring

[...]they fail to mention that these diseases are often caused by long term use of drugs like antipsychotics, despite evidence that the long term prognosis for those with severe mental illness has got worse since the mass use of these drugs, not better. 2 In addition, they do not mention that curren...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2014-12, Vol.349 (dec16 21), p.g7618-g7618
Main Author: Timimi, Sami
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude to Health
Health Benefit Plans, Employee - economics
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Insurance, Health - legislation & jurisprudence
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Mental Health Services - economics
Mental Health Services - legislation & jurisprudence
Mortality
Parity
PARITY FOR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH
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Summary:[...]they fail to mention that these diseases are often caused by long term use of drugs like antipsychotics, despite evidence that the long term prognosis for those with severe mental illness has got worse since the mass use of these drugs, not better. 2 In addition, they do not mention that current evidence finds that the diagnosis based biomedical model of mental illnesses being "illnesses like any other" is the one consistently linked with the highest level of public stigma, being associated with unpredictability, dangerousness, and a desire for greater social distance. 3 Our current approach of treating mental health problems using the same diagnosis based approaches that have been successful for many other branches of medicine is simply not evidence based.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.g7618