Parity of esteem can be achieved with a shift in attitudes
Michael Nash Associate professor, mental health nursing, Trinity College Dublin, and a member of the Mental Health Practice editorial advisory board
‘Parity of esteem’ first entered the vocabulary of mental healthcare in the 2011 government report No Health Without Mental Health. Translated, parity of esteem means to give equal value or regard to mental health as is given to physical health. Yet evidence suggests that we are some distance from achieving this.
Mental Health Practice.
26, 5, 5-5.
doi: 10.7748/mhp.26.5.5.s1
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