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Evil or stupid - Brits told to stop "self diagnosing" depression to reduce benefits bill.

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Evil or stupid - Brits told to stop "self diagnosing" depression to reduce benefits bill.

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Tony Blair tells Brits to stop self-diagnosing with depression as 'UK can't afford spiralling benefits bill'

Tony Blair has warned British people against self-diagnosing with mental health conditions, pointing to the country's spiralling sickness benefits bill.

You need to provide medical evidence from doctors to claim disability benefits. You can’t self-diagnose and claim! Maybe if this wasn’t such a miserable, hopeless hellhole to live in there wouldn’t be so many depressed people!

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What he wants is to stop people from seeing a medical professional and getting a diagnosis. People should just suffer in silence instead.

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