Common Dreams - Four hundred mental health experts signed an open letter warning that Britain's austerity cuts, and neo-liberalism more broadly, are profoundly damaging to quality of life and psychological well-being.
"The past five years have seen a radical shift in the kinds of issues generating distress in our clients: increasing inequality and outright poverty, families forced to move against their wishes, and, perhaps most important, benefits claimants (including disabled and ill people) and those seeking work being subjected to a quite new, intimidatory kind of disciplinary regime," warned the letter, whose signatories included Susie Orbach—a well-known psychotherapist and social critic.
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