Thanks to my colleague Martin Styles in Cork for sharing this. It’s a huge step forward!
Dr Lucy Johnstone, a consultant clinical psychologist who helped draw up the DCP’s statement, said it was unhelpful to see mental health issues as illnesses with biological causes.
“On the contrary, there is now overwhelming evidence that people break down as a result of a complex mix of social and psychological circumstances – bereavement and loss, poverty and discrimination, trauma and abuse,”
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/12/psychiatrists-under-fire-mental-health