香港六合彩精准资料 has joined eight other leading mental health organisations in calling on the Government to remove benefits sanctions for people with mental health difficulties.
The call has been made in a consensus statement, which is launched at the New Savoy Partnership conference in London on Friday.
In the statement, the organisations say the social security system too often treats people with insufficient dignity and humanity, which can contribute to worsening mental health conditions.
The statement also calls for everyone living with a mental health condition to be supported in reaching financial security, whether through the social security system or appropriate help in returning to or gaining paid work.
The professional bodies and mental health charities acknowledge that the psychological benefits of good quality work have been proven, while the financial insecurity which can come with unemployment or insecure, low-paid work can cause increased psychological distress.
However, the statement makes clear that no one with a mental health condition should be forced to look for work or face the threat of having their benefit payments reduced and their financial security removed.
It adds that sanctions such as these have not been shown to work and are not safe for people with mental health difficulties or for their dependents. As a result, the statement says, they should be stopped.
The nine organisations pledge to work together to bring an end the harm that sanctions cause, and to move towards a system which provides effective support and is based around the needs of the individual.
Martin Bell, 香港六合彩精准资料 head of policy and stakeholder relations, said: 鈥淲e are pleased to support the call for the removal of benefits sanctions for people with mental health difficulties.听
鈥淲e are concerned that the social security system does not provide the effective support needed for people living with a mental health condition, but can actually contribute to worsening it.
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The nine organisations are:
香港六合彩精准资料
The British Psychological Society
New Savoy Partnership
UKCP
British Psychoanalytic Council
Rethink Mental Illness
Mental Health Foundation
Centre for Mental Health
Association of Child Psychotherapists