Emmerdale viewers have flooded show writers with praise as the soap again shines light on mental health.
As viewers know there have been a few villagers struggling with their mental health over the past few months as they open up to a number of their loved ones about how they feel. During tonight's episode of the ITV soap Cathy was struggling to cope after an incident on the village’s bridge, which nearly ended in tragedy.
The teen recently confided in Bernice about suffering from heavy periods, Cathy sought help from GP Manpreet Sharma , who recommended that she go on the pill to ease her suffering but it didn’t seem to be working.
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Cathy and her pals decided to bunk off school and attend a concert. April, however, started to grow concerned about Cathy’s reckless behaviour, as did Heath and Marshall Hamston.
Cathy refused to take their advice, instead climbing onto the bridge, which was the very same bridge where Leanna was pushed to her death by Meena Jutla almost two years ago.
Bob, Wendy, Manpreet and Liam saw the teen and raced towards her, with Bob concerned that his beloved daughter was going to fall to her death. They managed to save her just in time. Cathy, who wasn’t on drugs or under the influence of alcohol, explained that she just wanted to ‘have some fun’ and ‘be happy’.
Bob took Cathy to A&E where she opened up about her mental health as she revealed that she feels sad ‘all the time’, and gets anxious and angry.
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The doctor revealed that she believes Cathy could be suffering from depression and referred her to the mental health service. Emmerdale viewers rushed straight to social media and praised the soap for shining a light on mental health.
@TommyCGas tweeted: “Emmerdale is doing an amazing job with mental health stuff …Paddy and men’s mental health over last few weeks and now brilliant stuff with teen MH and bi polar …#Emmerdale #MentalHealthAwareness”
@RyanTheSoapking commented: “I hope it is Bipolar that #Emmerdale are covering with Cathy. Such an important and heartbreaking story to cover especially for Cathy who is still so young. Like we've seen with Jean and Stacey Slater in EE Cathy will have a long road ahead of her but can get support.”
@ShakyWoon said: “#Emmerdale are doing a brilliant job of raising awareness of Mental Health.” While @TommyCGas added: “Emmerdale is doing an amazing job with mental health stuff …Paddy and men’s mental health over last few weeks and now brilliant stuff with teen MH and bi polar …#Emmerdale #MentalHealthAwareness.”
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