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MPs talking openly about their mental health problems have other advantages, too. "I thought the debate last Thursday showed the Commons at its best," Barwell says. "It's hugely to their credit as individuals that they saiad what they had to say. It also makes the case for the bill - that parliament is immeasurably strengthened by having people who have experience of the things we're talking about."

This has been a big breakthrough for parliament, and for the politicians involved, but the mental health battle is going to continue throughout the summer and beyond. Barwell's legislation will next be before the Commons in September - and like many backbench MPs before him he is likely to find persuading the government to act is a much harder proposition than getting it to simply agree.

Mental health care provision is also not guaranteed. Despite all the attention being heaped on the issue at the moment it is competing with many other pressing priorities. With the NHS under intense pressure mental health is an easy target for spending cuts. So efforts to raise its profile will help ensure that existing levels of care continue to be offered, too.

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2012/06/22/feature-are-we-on-the-edge-of-a-mental-health-breakthrough