Wes Streeting Thinks Mental Health is Over Diagnosed.
Who’s gonna tell him ?
Wes Streeting can fuck right off
So this is why Suzanne O’Sullivan is getting so much media attention?
(For context she’s one of those celebrity doctors who has very unscientific opinions and she basically thinks most of mental health is an “excuse” for weird/lazy/unproductive people.)
Anyways she’s getting loads of media attention these days, right around the time Wes Streeting’s government is trying to cut disability insurance.
When asked if he agreed with experts that warn of an overdiagnosis of mental health conditions, Streeting said he wanted to "follow the evidence and I agree with that point about overdiagnosis" (my emphasis).
Is this really an unreasonable exchange of views? Shall we perhaps hold off on the outrage till we’ve read the whole article? Or even the whole of the sentence in question?
Very carefully worded question that avoids any mention of who specifically the “experts” in question are, or what study exactly came to these conclusions.
There are “experts” that claim the world is flat, and “experts” that claim vaccines cause all sorts of problems worse than the diseases they prevent.
One can always dig up an expert that agrees with whatever bullshit you wish to peddle.
I’d bet folding money that the “expert opinion” referred to is in fact, in the report by the IFS they mention above in the article rather than any medical study examining the subject.
‘Bet folding money’ or ‘speculate baselessly’?
I wouldn’t call 40+ years of exposure to politicians’ half truths and twisting of words “baseless”, but you do you.
This is, in fact, baseless. There are experts in, e.g., ADHD, who thinks it’s over diagnosed, so the base assumption here is: he’s referring to those experts.
Given the real questions about over-diagnosis, your assumption, ‘I bet in this interview I didn’t listen to he was referring to a report I haven’t read’ is, indeed, baseless.
Wes Streetin always struck me as an odd choice for a ministerial position. He generally just seems to go out of his way to put his foot in his mouth.
He’s gonna be the next leader so get used to him!
What a stupid thing to say in an interview. Labour need to get their shit together comms-wise.
And all doctors should listen to a history graduate because?
Historically they were undiagnosed seems to be the best advice he can offer. Or is it the usual political solution. Deny anything you don’t like exists.
