Veronica believes that Wales should have its own anti-stigma campaign such as ‘Time to Change’ in England and ‘See Me’ in Scotland. Both these campaigns have been operating in their respective countries to change the way people think about mental health conditions. Through effective media campaigns, working locally and regionally and holding the media to account over negative press, they have begun to address and change the way people perceive mental health conditions.
We are all affected by mental health conditions in some way but we may not even know it, it shouldn’t be this way. Mental health has been described as ‘The last taboo’; Veronica wants Wales to be a part of changing this, then maybe ‘coming out’ will be a thing of the past.
To read an article on this subject written by Veronica, please visit here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/08/30/perhaps-it-s-time-for-a-campaign-in-wales-to-de-stigmatise-mental-health-91466-27164237/
