bhugra

And for those who haven’t met Jed.. he’s here. He is the Patron(ised) Saint of Madness and mascot of the Acute Mental Health Unit, apparently.

And on who’s authority is he getting a DIY SOS makeover?

Well for a start, I think Nick Knowles might be happy to be involved. He’s just condemned Reality TV shows for mocking the mentally ill… but that’s a whole other thread.

However, more illustriously, none less then the incumbent president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Dinesh Bhugra had this to say:

Britain’s most eminent psychiatrist has launched a powerful attack on the state of Britain’s acute psychiatric care system, saying many inpatient units are unsafe, overcrowded and uninhabitable, adding: ‘I would not use them, and neither would I let any of my relatives do so.’ <ref>

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