Discuss - Health Mental Health - Invest more in the research & treatment of mental health

Should the government invest more into the research and treatment of mental health?

Alliance Party We would address the structural underfunding of mental health services, particularly with respect to children and young people

DUP This year will see the introduction of the ground-breaking Mental Capacity (Northern Ireland) Bill. The Bill will bring together mental capacity law (which will support people who are unable to make specific decisions about their health, welfare or finances), and mental health law (which concerns the detention and treatment of people with a mental disorder) into a single framework. This approach is novel, and unlike the rest of the United Kingdom where mental health law and mental capacity law are governed by two separate legislative acts. http://www.mydup.com/news/article/ross-addresses-mental-health-knowledge-exchange-seminar

Green Party The Green Party would "Make mental health a much higher priority with resources to match this status. - See more at: https://www.greenparty.org.uk/we-stand-for/public-nhs.html" Source: Green Party Website, https://www.greenparty.org.uk/we-stand-for/public-nhs.html

Labour We will change the NHS Constitution to give people the right to psychological therapies for mental health problems like anxiety and depression helping to give mental health the same priority as physical health.

Liberal Democrat 14 March 2015 - Liberal Democrat leader has said that mental health services in England would receive a £1.25bn boost over the next five years. Source: BBC News, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31882429

Plaid Cymru "Better mental health care and wider help and understanding of mental health issues." Source: Plaid Cymru, http://www.partyof.wales/easy-read-manifesto/

Respect Party The expansion of psychiatric health services.

UKIP UKIP have announced in early 2015 that they would provide an extra £650m for dementia services.

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