There needs to be more and longer-term funding available for local support groups and users groups. A report of user-led research into people's Strategies for Living with Mental Distress. A survey of the stigma and discrimination faced by people who experience mental distress. Further research focusing on the needs of people from black and minority ethnic communities is required. Therefore totalling the percentages across a whole question will give an inaccurate figure since some respondents mentioned more than one theme per question.
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