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General election:

• Do you Mind? | in Blog Post
  At this spring's general election, let’s make sure we elect a group of MPs who will lead the way in challenging discriminatory attitudes and behaviours to mental health.
• Stamping out dirty election tactics | in Blog Post
  Politicians promise not to trade playground insults on mental health.
• Decision to ban mental health slurs during election campaign wins praise | in News Story
  A new protocol should make inroads towards stamping out discrimination in Parliament.
• Mixed attitudes to mental health | in Blog Post
  It’s difficult to know what to make of the seemingly contradictory figures in the Department of Health's annual survey.
• What the parties are saying | in News Story
  Mind has invited the Health Ministers from each of the main political parties to tell us what they will to do for mental health.
• Manifesto hat-trick on talking therapies | in News Story
  In a major breakthrough, all three main political parties have committed to provide better access to psychological therapies in the next Parliament.
• What do the party manifestos mean for mental health? | in Blog Post
  The signs are encouraging, says Mind's Chief Executive, Paul Farmer.
• Why I choked on my breakfast cereal this morning... | in Blog Post
  Days after parties pledged to protect them, mental health services are already being targeted for extra spending cuts.
• Welfare? What welfare? | in Blog Post
  Politicians and the press are agreed: get tough on benefit scroungers.
• Political parent, psychiatric patient | in Blog Post
  A political activist blogs about election day from a psychiatric hospital.
• The election's over - now what? | in News Story
  The polling stations are now closed, and the last of the election results are in. Now the hard work really starts!
• What does the coalition mean for mental health? | in Blog Post
  Both Cameron and Clegg have signed up to our anti-stigma and discrimination campaign, but have had little to say about health policy or the NHS.
• General Election 2010: mental health priorities | in Campaign report
  In the lead up to the 2010 General Election, Mind produced a briefing for key MPs, covering the specific policy priorities we wanted them to implement within their first two years of office.