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This movie is very enlightening and encouraging. Nobody can deny there is a stigma attached to mental health issues.
As previously mentioned and I agree, this should be a commercial, the barriers need to be broken and mental health needs to be treated just like any other illness.
Western Australias premier, Geoff Gallop, has just announced his retirement so as to continue his recovery from depression. The fact that he has so openly announced that he has, and is being treated for, depression has been praised by many. He could easily have put his reasons for retirement as 'personal'. By openly announcing his condition surely must break down some barriers and be very encouraging for others struggling alone with depression to seek help. Even more so I think it shows that men deal with it too, and should not be afraid to seek help.
Anyhoo, Geoff Gallop is discussed elsewhere on DF.
But YES! The stigma needs to be overcome!!
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