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Originally Posted by 0smile0
are there any actual details in the manifestoes about mental health?
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Not that I know of. However, I know Gordon Brown has refrained from calling mental health a front line service (and front line services are the ones that he said will be protected from cuts) but I would be very surprised any of the main three parties would protect mental health when they have made such big (and popular) cuts everywhere else.
This isn't because I personally see it as lesser but because there is not the same public awareness, there is stigma attached to mental illnesses and so people don't hold it in their main priorities.
I personally signed the petition because I want them to hold it as a higher priority but due to the big cuts I don't see the money actually coming in.