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Princess Diana and Winston Churchill's mental health experiences to be used to teach children how to cope with 'the black dog' [Telegraph.co.uk]

 

Princess Diana and Winston Churchill's mental health experiences are to be used to teach children how to avoid 'the black dog' of depression in school lessons.

They are among a number of figures who have spoken out about their own struggles and feature in a scheme aimed at reducing the stigma around mental health. 

Princess Diana spoke candidly about her depression, her struggles with the eating disorder bulimia and self-harming in a 1995 interview with the BBC's Panorama programme.



[For more of this story, written by Rozina Sabur, go to http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new...-health-experiences/]

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Has anyone encountered stigma /  "avoidance" around ACEs? 

In a MH service consumers group on Facebook it was made clear to me that people did not wish to be known as survivors of ACEs, but could be known as survivors of problems with MH issues. 

Coming from a background with IPV/DV/Substance abuse issues, I know I found the first couple of years at school very difficult - - those years when other children, and teachers, would ask "what do your parents do?" (meaning jobs etc - - I couldn't say, my parents split up because of my father's violent alcohol abuse, and..... etc). Stigma / shame etc..  So yeah, I also probably had issues with "the black dog" from very early days.. But it wasn't even recognised that far back that young children could suffer from depression! 

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