Tag: migration and mental illness
All in the Brain? An Open Letter Re: Stephen Fry’s Assumptions...
Stephen FryāsĀ exploration of manic depressionĀ (in the current BBC series on mental health, āIn the Mindā) has drawn both praise (because of his attempts to destigmatize mental illness)Ā and criticism (because he appears to have a very narrow biomedical understanding of mental illness).Ā I have sent an open letter to the actor which challenges some of his assumptions about mental illness, and offers a very different understanding to that promoted in his recent television programme.