Doctors call for fundamental change in thinking around mental health

Leading doctors have called for a fundamental change in the way people think about mental health and how psychological issues are managed in the wider NHS. This call was made by NHS England’s national clinical director for mental health, Dr Geraldine Strathdee; NHS England’s national clinical director for diabetes, Professor Jonathan Valabhji; consultant liaison psychiatrist and Royal College of Psychologists spokesperson on suicide and self-harm, Dr Alys Cole-King, and mental health campaigner Georgina Wakefield in a session at the NHS Health and Care Innovation Expo titled ‘Is the term ‘mental health’ doing more harm than good and what can we