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23/09/2003
Bruno treated in psychiatric hospital
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Frank Bruno has been committed at a psychiatric hospital in Essex.
Bruno, one of the country's best-loved celebrities, was taken to Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford, last night after reportedly being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The 41-year-old has been visited today by his three children and by his former wife.
The Sunday newspapers had reported that Bruno's friends had been concerned over the health of the boxing hero. It is understood that he had been suffering from depression for some time.
The mental health charity, Sane, today condemned the attitude of newspapers reporting Mr Bruno’s "apparent breakdown".
Marjorie Wallace, Sane’s Chief Executive, said that some headlines had been "an insult to Mr Bruno".
The group referred specifically to the nationwide tabloid newspaper, the Sun, which ran 'Bonkers Bruno Locked Up' as the front-page headline to its first edition. The paper later changed the headline to read 'Sad Bruno in Mental Home'.
Ms Wallace said: "[It is] damaging to the many thousands of people who endure mental illness to label him as ‘bonkers’ or ‘a nutter’ and having to be ‘put in a mental home’. One in a hundred people suffer serious mental breakdown in their lives, are treated in hospital as for any other illness, and the majority return home within weeks.
"Such ignorant reporting does both the media and the public a huge disservice. We call on the newspapers involved to apologise to Mr Bruno and to all those who experience the stigma such attitudes inflame."
Bruno won his world title in 1996 when he defeated the American Oliver McCall. He faced Mike Tyson twice – on both occasions he lost, but he retired with a 40-05 record.
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Bruno, one of the country's best-loved celebrities, was taken to Goodmayes Hospital, Ilford, last night after reportedly being sectioned under the Mental Health Act. The 41-year-old has been visited today by his three children and by his former wife.
The Sunday newspapers had reported that Bruno's friends had been concerned over the health of the boxing hero. It is understood that he had been suffering from depression for some time.
The mental health charity, Sane, today condemned the attitude of newspapers reporting Mr Bruno’s "apparent breakdown".
Marjorie Wallace, Sane’s Chief Executive, said that some headlines had been "an insult to Mr Bruno".
The group referred specifically to the nationwide tabloid newspaper, the Sun, which ran 'Bonkers Bruno Locked Up' as the front-page headline to its first edition. The paper later changed the headline to read 'Sad Bruno in Mental Home'.
Ms Wallace said: "[It is] damaging to the many thousands of people who endure mental illness to label him as ‘bonkers’ or ‘a nutter’ and having to be ‘put in a mental home’. One in a hundred people suffer serious mental breakdown in their lives, are treated in hospital as for any other illness, and the majority return home within weeks.
"Such ignorant reporting does both the media and the public a huge disservice. We call on the newspapers involved to apologise to Mr Bruno and to all those who experience the stigma such attitudes inflame."
Bruno won his world title in 1996 when he defeated the American Oliver McCall. He faced Mike Tyson twice – on both occasions he lost, but he retired with a 40-05 record.
(gmcg)
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