5: Borders – Rural Poverty and Mental Health | Darren McGarvey’s Scotland

Duration: 28'59''

Synopsis

Darren discovers that levels of ill mental health in the Scottish Borders are above the national average, which appears to be creating poverty, and investigates the reasons why.

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