Nobody wins when the police are sent to look after people suffering from mental health problems; vulnerable people don't get the care they need and deserve, and the police can't get on with the job they are trained to do.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the inadequacy of involving police in addressing mental health issues, emphasizing that both vulnerable individuals and law enforcement suffer from this misalignment.
In this quote, Theresa May articulates the fundamental problem of utilizing police resources to address mental health crises. She suggests that when law enforcement is called to support individuals facing mental health challenges, it detracts from their primary role and fails to provide these individuals with the appropriate care and support they need, indicating a misstep in how society responds to mental health issues.
In practice
In a discussion about reforming mental health care policies in community meetings.
If we are going to realise our ambition of ending the harmful practices of FGM and forced marriage, the role of young people in pushing for change is crucial. We also need to ensure that everyone, from government to civil society, is playing their part.
One girl subjected to FGM or forces to marry is one girl too many.
By improving health, empowering women, population growth comes down.
Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth.
Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep, intensified sexuality, and- most germane to our argument here-"sharpened and unusually creative thinking" and "increased productivity"?
Ill-health, of body or of mind, is defeat. Health alone is victory. Let all men, if they can manage it, contrive to be healthy!
There is nothing wrong with eating sweets, fried foods, pastries, even drinking soda every now and then, but food manufacturers have made eating these formerly expensive and hard-to-make treats so cheap and easy that we're eating them every day.
I listen with love to my body's messages.
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