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Trapped in a Cycle

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Why the mental health system fails people

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Steven Colborne
Jun 04, 2025
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There is a kind of cycle that unfolds for people who are diagnosed with mental illnesses in the UK. They continually go in and out of hospital. This is almost always the case. In this article, I would like to explain my understanding of why this happens, with the hope that it will help others to understand some of the ways in which the mental health sys…

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