{"id":936,"date":"2014-06-22T20:46:13","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/?p=936"},"modified":"2014-06-22T22:06:46","modified_gmt":"2014-06-22T21:06:46","slug":"parity-of-esteem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/adc\/2014\/06\/22\/parity-of-esteem\/","title":{"rendered":"Parity of esteem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CWFTYoV.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/CWFTYoV.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"727\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lots of my clinical work, with children and young people with cancer, requires the team I work with to understand physical and psychological elements of a young person, and their family&#8217;s, health.<\/p>\n<p>I also know, mainly from working groups and Twitter, that there is a <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wOYYUiZpcI\">statutory requirement to work to parity of esteem <\/a>for physical and mental health.<\/p>\n<p>However.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m the only one who will ask someone if their broken finger is getting better if I meet them in a corridor, but only ask about the depression in a private space. Or\u00a0feel awkward when I &#8216;suspect&#8217; someone of having a mental health disorder. (Suspect here, seems different than suspecting tumour progression or cardiomyopathy. Not like a clever detective finding the answer to a riddle but\u00a0the difficult moment when you&#8217;ve waiting for a bus with amorous teens at the other end of the shelter.) I could blame this on the stigmatisation of mental health disorders in the UK generally. I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s not just that I&#8217;ve not worked hard enough to dispel my own prejudices.<\/p>\n<p>How can we &#8211; in child and adolescent medicine &#8211; work towards making mental and physical health have parity of esteem? What steps have you taken (or know have been taken) to get there?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear &#8211; and then try them out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Bob Phillips<\/p>\n<p>@drbobphillips<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<!--TrendMD v2.4.8--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lots of my clinical work, with children and young people with cancer, requires the team I work with to understand physical and psychological elements of a young person, and their family&#8217;s, health. 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