MSE News: 'Financial problems and mental health issues are locked together'

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More joined-up mental health and debt support, especially during the cost of living crisis, has been called for by the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute and its chair and founder Martin Lewis.

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''Financial problems and mental health issues are locked together — it’s about time treatments were linked too', urge Martin Lewis and charity'

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MSE News: 'Financial problems and mental health issues are locked together'

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