The highlight of Des Bishop's otherwise pretty uninspiring election special last night was supplied by the Rubberbandits and their Guide To Mental Health.
"Our politicians don't seem to be that concerned with mental health," Blindboy charges. "Think about it; our public mental health system is almost non-existent. It veers towards institutionalisation. It views a lot of emotional unease as physical illness which is best treated with medication, even though the studies prove that medication isn't as effective as talk therapies like CDT, especially for anxiety and depression. But maybe the politicians are scared. What if poor mental health is so deeply engrained in the Irish psych that no political party will accept such a massive responsibility?"
There then follows a surgical disembowelment of the Catholic Church vis a vis their nurturing of many of the mental health issues Ireland's still trying to tackle today.
See him comprehensively nail it at
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