Mental Health Culture Has Gone ‘Too Far,’ Says Work and Pensions Minister

Mental health culture in the UK has gone “too far,” resulting in the normal ups and downs of life being viewed as “medical conditions” that hold people back, and “ultimately, drive up the benefit bill,” a minister has said. Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride made the comments to The Telegraph on Wednesday as he unveiled plans to make 150,000 people signed off work with “mild” conditions get back into the workforce. Mr. Stride told the newspaper that “as a culture, we seem to have forgotten that work is good for mental health.” “While I’m grateful for today’s much more open approach to mental health, there is a danger that this has gone too far,” he said....