When it comes to the NHS, funding for the Mental Health department are the first to be taken out and put into another department which limits the support necessary for those that ask for help. This also supports the discrimination and stigmatisation of having mental health problems as it shows that people do not deem it as important as physical health. Conservatives pledge to end mental health 'injustice' and employ a further 10,000 mental health staff by 2020.
Mental health awareness is not compulsory in school as PE is therefore if the child does develop mental ill health, they won't understand what it is that they're feeling which would make them believe its normal to feel like that because everyone else is. Younger people may find it difficult to talk about because they may feel like they have something seriously wrong with them and therefore suppress the problem; in which it may develop into something more harmful to themselves or others in the future. Allowing younger people to become more aware and understand mental health, they would be able to identify the problem and ask for help at an easier understanding and could potentially tackle any further mental ill health.
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