Mental health, violence and the media

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Matthew d’Ancona wrote a comment piece in Wednesday’s Evening Standard which, among other things, sought to draw a link between mental health problems and violent fundamentalism. The article can be foundhere. Here is the letter Richard Martin of byrne∙dean wrote to the editor in response:Evening Standard letter 181214.

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