Helping to change the face of our mental health services

Words and phrases that feed misunderstanding and fear and devalue and stigmatise mental health must be challenged, writes Orla Barry

Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me, goes the rhyme from my childhood, chanted with bravado, to rebuff a taunt, to keep a bully at bay, and to put a brave face to being shamed.

As children, we were told that words could only hurt if you let them.