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OVER THREE QUARTERS of people with depression report experiencing some kind of discrimination.
The study also showed 34 per cent believe they had been avoided or shunned because of their mental health problems. Anticipated discrimination prevented over a third from having a close personal relationship, and 25 per cent of those surveyed did not apply for a job at some point because they thought they would be discriminated against.
Around 71 per cent actively wished to conceal their depression from other people, which has led to concerns that people with depression might not seek help because of fears of discrimination, doing so would more than likely make their condition become chronic.
However, the researchers also found that people who anticipated discrimination did not necessarily find that their experiences confirmed this.
Kahlil Thompson-Coyle, campaign manager with See Change, a programme working to change minds about mental health problems in Ireland says:
These findings on discrimination show the need for changes in attitude about how we view mental health problems. In our recent research on Irish attitudes to mental health problems, fear of discrimination emerged as a significant issue in preventing people from being open about their mental health. Standing up to stigma and discrimination is about saying what was previously un-sayable and recognising what is common to all of us.
Researchers at King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry used detailed questionnaires to ask 1,082 people being treated for depression in 35 different countries about their experiences of discrimination.
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My wife bought me a ticket as a Crimbo present I won €500 yay!! She has just spent it in Ikea!!! now I’ve to put all these flat packs together!!
Clever woman!
Congrats! And jealous of your wife’s lkea shopping spree :) happy flat packing!
Ah I’m happy for them…..but am so jealous!
I know I will get a lot of red thumbs for this. The only reason people go public after winning the lotto is to gloat to the rest of the country. I have more respect for people who dont go public
No I think you get less money if you stay anonymous.
I dont think its true graham. You dont have to go public. I know I wont even if they offer an extra, lets say 10k, to the 1M won.
How’s that?
Sorry you get an extra €20,000 for going public. Stand there for a few photographs for an extra 20k. I’d do it.
No way would I go public if I won it. I don’t want the papers harrassing me or my family
But what about the begging letters? I’d keep sending them if I won.
Jaysis that jokes so old it doesn’t have ancestors
Complete myth you get more for going public. National lottery confirmed it, pretty sure the journal had an article about it a few months ago
You get exactly the same money. Only difference is if go public you get the champagne day with the handing over of the cheque and photos shoot etc
I’d be fairly raging if I was the aunt….. Hope the throw her a few quid.
Why are media outlets so obsessed with the fact “the winner has yet to come forward”? The same in that rag, the independent. The draw was less than 48 hours ago! Give them a chance. And congrats to the winner and to this couple. Great start to their life together!
No i didn’t win but it’s my near year’s resolution to do just that.
“This will definitely help with the wedding” …. wedding of the decade there id say if that will just “help” :-) And as for the €1mill I suppose I should have bought a ticket! maybe Next time!!
how many tickets went into the drum on the night of the draw looked nothing like 300000 tickets we all sat looking and waiting and over 90% didn,t make it into the drum {ripped again}
Dave i think i read somewhere that only a certain amount of them go into the draw for the million…..they are all supposedly put in for the other draws. Same as winning streak only 100 tickets go into drum for the following weeks programme. I could be wrong
Money can’t buy happiness !!! Congrats to the winners !!
True, money can’t buy happiness, but it makes the search for it much more comfortable.
True that money can’t buy happiness But I’d rather cry in a bentley continental that on the 54A Bus.
If I did I will be shovelling the cocaine into my gaf!
No.
Id love to be at that wedding if it only going to help. I’d go collect me million if it would only stop raining.
Quite like the blonde in the green dress in the lotto crimbo
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