Danny Buckland is a freelance journalist who has worked for the Daily Mail, Sun and Daily Mirror. He writes regularly about mental health issues and general health across national titles and websites and has become increasingly concerned about the use of ‘head clutcher’ images in print, on TV and on the web. He is part of a campaigning group that includes mental health charities, service users and other journalists who want to find a better way to illustrate stories about mental health. Here, he gives an update on the progress of the campaign:

The campaign to banish stigmatising 'head clutcher’ images (example above, Shutterstock) from British media has just won powerful backing from picture editors.

The respected UK Picture Editors’ Guild has called for desks and agencies to stop using stereotyping shots when illustrating stories and features on mental health.