How do you think we can further diagnosis and treatment for the mentally ill? Asylums only dissipated in the 90s, so

Question: How do you think we can further diagnosis and treatment for the mentally ill? Asylums only dissipated in the 90s, so how can the NHS improve care for people without isolating people further?
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  asylum,
  care,
  diagnosis,
  illness,
  treatment
Asked by Guppy to Michelle, Jack, Gem, Jermaine, Steve on 15 Jun 2017. This question was also asked by gfeupn[x.
- Jermaine Ravalier answered on 15 Jun 2017:
  
  The NHS is moving quickly toward ‘community care’ at the moment, away from hospitals and toward care within the community. This is really effective in many cases, but is also driven by cost.
  
  For mental health issues outside of the workplace, I really don’t know. But in the workplace if we give people more control over their job, ensure that there’s less bullying, and reduce workload to a manageable standard (e.g. my research found that teachers work on average 20 hours a week more than they are contracted to…) then it would have a huge impact on stress, anxiety, and depression.
- Steven Brown answered on 16 Jun 2017:
  
  I think a global outlook, see what other countries do, is a good start. I am sure there are success stories out there.
- Jack barton answered on 18 Jun 2017:
  
  If we could find some reliable biomarker (e.g. biological test or abnormality) of mental illnesses then it would certainly help diagnoses and help inform areas to target treatment. This is a long-term solution and not one I believe we will develop in the near future.
- Michelle Jamieson answered on 18 Jun 2017:
  
  If we were more open to widening community care, and looking outwith of Western ways of treatment (especially reliance on pills), we’d see a fast improvement.