Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

abolish psychiatry and involuntary treatment. set up local community run clinics with counselling and peer support, and legalise all drugs including psych meds without prescription

No, the more we talk about "mental health" the more fashionable it becomes and more people abuse the system.

There should be more effort in helping patients with concrete solutions rather than therapy. E.g. if someone experiences depression due to financial difficulty, they should be referred to a financial advisor rather than a talk-therapist who is frankly unhelpful.

No, its a pseudoscience

No. Just ban TikTok

All government owned industries should be privatised, for-profit corporations

The government should completely privatise the NHS

Yes, avoid merely subsidising private medical and research companies/people and take public ownership of, and improve detection of disability fraudsters.

No, we need to tackle the reasons why people are developing mental health on wide scales. Free gym and leisure memberships for people with depression and anxiety

people need to take responsabilty for their own misfortunes.

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No, this sounds like a University issue and there is already a sufficient supply of mental health research. Many researchers are already greatly passionate and financial incentives are not needed.

We had a large understanding on what a mental illness is for a long term, the only thing that recently changed is how we treat them. While it can help resolve and fix mentally ill people but funding is extent beyond the NHS.

Yes and SPECT brain scans and focus on brain health should be a routine part of a psychiatrist's treatment, especially in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders such as ADHD

Government partnering with private pharma companies accelerates research so I'm in favour of that but the public purse should benefit by receiving a share of the profits once research is commercialised.

Cut the unnecessary layers of management and money wastage and there will be enough funds to run all departments efficiently

Why? Are there now so many mental health issues - what has happened? Maybe look at the cause, rather than keep throwing money at a not working resolution

Yes, but only for Serious mental illnesses such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Chronic depression, personalities disorders. Mild anxiety, low mood have taken up too much resources and it's become too easy to say you have mental health issues. This has distracted and used up resources needed by people with serious mental disorders

Yes, but the NHS is at breaking point, the system needs to be fixed and just throwing money at one department will not fix it.

Healthcare reform is about taking out wasted management posts and duplication, re organisation, there is enough money in the system already and it is also about educating the public on how to use the services correctly, a large percentage of those using walk in centres for example don't actually need to be there!

A lot of the people give them self mental health issues through recreational drug use, so I would prefer not to invest more money into waste of time people.

More money towards developing a curriculum to enable individuals to better look after their mental health and spot the signs

Mental health research and treatment is important but significant evidence suggests increasing inclusion and opportunities, reducing inequalities etc would improve mental health outcomes for the general population

Yes for patient with mental health conditions. Not for personality disorder or people who have not got a mental health diagnosis but keep turning up in A end E

Yes we need more funding & it should be filtered through an unbiased agency e.g. medication shouldn't be funded directly by pharmaceutical companies. Funding should be held and apportioned to need. Qualitative research should be given equal academic status .e.g. no point in having a cost effective medication if administration and side effects render it impossible to use. E.g. alendronic acid. Might be cost effective for osteoporosis but remember to take it once a week, sit upright might be too hard, and heartburn side effects all mean non compliance= wasted resources etc.

Mental health comes under diet and life style and more should be done to address those as a cause rather than the care after the damage is done.

yes, and subsidise private mental health care, so that it is more affordable to receive help quickly

When the NHS provides extra money too much is spent on high tier wage earners. This is not what the money should be used for

It should be funded a bit more as people with mental health issues aren't getting the exact treatment they expect.

Yes and add an emergency mental health crisis line to our 999 options, Police, Ambulance and Fire cannot accommodate this and we need a clear line of communication to pass incidents to and from without obtaining permission from a caller to pass their details.

Yes, but professionals that are identifying metal health conditions require stricter criteria and standards

Yes, but through university and public research institutes rather than through pharmaceutical companies.

Yes but only if it can be done in a way that it does not decrease the quality of physical healthcare

More funding should be to understand why so many people are mentally unwell

Once profit reaches certain level

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The normal ups and downs of Mental and emotional health of individuals is over medicalised being sad or anxious or angry or heart broken is just being human - it's not an illness

Yes for diagnosed and confirmed by a doctor conditions. No to Madrid up recently invented silly conditions

It should be no more a priority than other medical/mental problems. Too many people using 'mental health ' as an excuse.

Yes, but prioritising increased funding for personalised preventative care, instead of subsiding pharmas and overinvesting in "fixing" cares.

No, reroute the budget towards improving quality of life within the country to reduce the need for mental health services

Preventative measures such as increasing local services available to young people (activity clubs for example) and opportunities for communities to build a sense of belonging

No provide subsidies to private companies to address the issue instead

This should be managed within the NHS funding. And better internal allocation of funds and sustainable approach need to be made in the NHS to make support in metal health more accessible.

No, as a society and as individuals we need to stop obsessing over mental health

No, bad mental health is due to the influence of the devil and should be treated by an ordained Church of England priest

No, bad mental health is due to the Devil’s influence on the mind and should be treated by a priest and through prayer.

I believe social-economic factors play a signficant role in mental health issues, and if we do not address those related issues first, we are treating the symptoms rather than the actual cause

No, many 'mental' health issues are 'spiritual' health issues. Embed Christian values in school teaching and state institutions to tackle the pandemic of atheistic malaise.

I think we are making mental health more of an issue than it is and it’s used as an excuse for inexcusable behviour

More holistic medications

The Government should be supporting the citizens properly, decent wages, access to healthcare in a timely manner. The aforementioned would cancel out the need for extra funding since the circle would be rebuilt

Only for diseases like psychosis, other conditions like depression, ADHD, body dysmorphia and OCD should have the patients deal with it themselves instead of encouraging them into a cycle of affirmation and dependency.

mental health science and psychology is riddled with politics, opinions and a lack of provable science in many areas giving money to the wrong facility could be detrimental

No, they should address the problem of where the money is spent. If it was properly managed then there would be an improvement in services. However, more support is needed for juvenile services.

Government has no place in healthcare

Ideally, yes.

No we need to spend resources better. No privatisation.

We need more sense of community spaces and a sense of connection. Social ties are so important.

Yes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding and resource to provide a higher quality of care and services as well as working with the private companies to reduce the strain on the services.

No, mental health treatments tend to be bad for society as a whole

Yes if the NHS were to be kept. In an ideal world I'd make the whole system private.

Increase funding for mental health services whilst incentivising the private sector to conduct research into mental health disorders and pharmaceutical treatments

Stop enabling mental illness by stopping hackjob "psychologists" forcing people suffering from gender dysphoria eating HRT pills and undergoing SRS.

Yes but also no, just work at producing a more healthy society from the offset

No, keep the government out of our heads

Yes, but only increase funding for personalised care instead of subsidising pharmaceutical companies and our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services

No because a lot of the research is poor quality

Yes, I believe 11% of the GDP should be spent on mental health research and treatment. I’d wish to create a system where for emergencies, people can attend psychiatric clinic or outpatient department. I would make sure that there is standard care in psychiatric specialist practices and psychotherapeutic practices.

Yes, as long as no research involves animal testing

The government needs to do something else other than funding, as it isn’t working. For example, they need to ensure that teachers have training to spot the signs of depression and other mental illnesses in students.

No in care mental health treatment and address them not criminal and answer enquiries decrease

The general requirements for mental health are illunderstood, so more research is needed.

Yes, but I would rather make all health services publicly owned, rather than state of privately owned

Yes, but for who can't afford private solutions and only increase funding for personalised care instead of subsidising pharmaceutical companies

healthcare services suffer from bureaucratic stigma not lack of funding

It needs to become mote efficient and actually be effective

If affordable to do so and after removing triggers for mental ill health like poverty, consumerism and debt.

They don’t put enough into mental health services!

Yes, suicide is becoming an epidemic

No this is a matter for the market unless if it is dealing with the effect via substances like drugs

No, government should do more to address the precipitating factors to mental Illness such as inequality in society providing a preventative approach.

Yes but increase private sector involvement and ensure NHS support is for personal care only

Not at the expense of other sectors

Happy with finding currently

Mental health is affected by the broken and atomised society. Treatment will do nothing without fixing that.

It's fine how it is

No, just get people to talk to each other, adults are so stupid

Yes but not pharmaceuticals

No, but have dedicated services, not paramedics who should be treating immediate emergencies.