Why people are often reluctant to see a psychiatrist

Abstract

The Highland Users Group (HUG) is a collective advocacy group run through 13 branches spread throughout the Scottish Highlands. It has over 360 members and has two tasks: (a) to speak out about the lives of its members in order to press for changes to improve their lives and (b) to raise awareness of mental ill health in an attempt to challenge the stigma and discrimination that users face. Our work has been recognised as being of a consistently high quality, both locally and nationally within Scotland.