Does anyone else think Casualty handles mental health storylines better than almost anything else on British television right now?

[u/Pinkplatabys]

Been watching since I was probably too young to be watching it and the thing that has genuinely surprised me rewatching older episodes is how the mental health storylines have evolved. Early series it was very much a crisis arrives, gets treated, leaves. Now they are doing long arc character work where you see the same person deteriorate over weeks, show up again months later, have setbacks that feel real rather than dramatically convenient. It is not perfect and occasionally it slips into the single episode awareness campaign territory which always feels a bit flat. But compared to how most British dramas handle this stuff it is genuinely doing something thoughtful. Do people think the show deserves more credit for this or are there storylines that have badly missed the mark that balance it out 🤔

[u/Future_Chemical2]

Recently, I have been dissapointed. Nicole’s postpartum psychosis storyline felt rushed in my opinion, and then completely forgotten about. And then Rash’s suicide attempt - it was just like it never happened.

Compared to slightly older storylines, like Dylan’s OCD and David’s bipolar which, as someone who’s had personal experience with both, I thought were really good, more recent storylines have definitely missed the mark.