Modern understanding of disability takes account of the barriers people face. Let’s do the same for mental health policyWhen Anna* became physically unwell as a student, her GP referred her to a psychiatrist and she agreed to voluntary treatment. After interviewing her for less than an hour, the psychiatrist diagnosed...

Not long before, I had a brush with death that left me full of fear. But going back into a hospital transformed my mental healthIf you watch an orthopaedic surgeon straddling a patient on the operating table, swinging a hammer into their pelvis with all his power, it becomes an...