It is difficult to get human stories told about this issue compared to other areas of illness. I do not want to speak about funding on this occasion but when it comes to priority – organisational, managerial or administrative priority – this issue should not be pushed down the agenda either because people are uncomfortable or because it is not seen as politically juicy. The only aspects of psychiatric illness which will get newspaper headlines are either hair-raising stories from the Inspector of Mental Hospitals or huge human tragedies like suicide. The routine drudgery of dealing with depression or mid-level schizophrenia is what most people want to keep a distance from.