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Frank Bruno Slams Shameful Way Of Treating the Mentally Ill | |
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Frank Bruno, the boxing legend has slammed the shameful way people with mental illnesses are being treated by the NHS in Britain, saying many are "needlessly suffering".
The former world heavyweight champ, who has bipolar disorder and has been sectioned twice, criticized as he launches a major new campaign calling for a change in the way patients are cared for.
"Being in hospital did not make me better, it just made me worse," says Frank, an ambassador for mental health group Rethink.
"The second time I was locked up, I was in there for five weeks. The doctors said they wanted to keep me in there even longer but I just said, 'No, I have to get out and rebuild my life'.
"I met a lot of people in hospital who have been in the system for 20 years or more," The Daily Mirror quoted him, as saying.
"I felt sorry for them because they are stuck on a merry-go-round and will never get off it. These days there is a tendency to treat people with mental illness in one way, give them drugs. They calm you down, keep you quiet - but they are not the answer in the long term."
Frank, now 50, is desperate to use his own experience to help others fighting similar demons, the paper said.
Source-ANI
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