On normalising anxiety: a royal perspective and expert advice

Abstract

On 6th February 2017, our columnist, Helen Cowan, was honoured to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at an event hosted by the Guild of Health Writers in London. The evening was entitled ‘The Anxiety Epidemic’; its aim was to encourage health writers to make mental health a mainstream subject. The Duke spoke of ‘bringing mental health onto a par with physical health’ in terms of the openness with which sufferers speak about their condition