Huw Edwards: Space should be given for mental health treatment, says charity
The newsreader has had bouts of depression for more than a decade.

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Your support makes all the difference.A mental health charity has said that people experiencing āserious mental health problemsā such as Huw Edwards should be given the āspace to receive treatmentā.
The wife of Edwards, Vicky Flind, named the father-of-five as the BBC presenter facing allegations saying he was āsuffering from serious mental health issuesā and is now receiving treatment.
The director of Mind Cymru, Susan OāLeary, said Edwards, patron of a branch of Mind in Llanelli, has supported the charity but has not ādone any in-person workā.
In a statement on Thursday, she said: āAs is well documented, Huw has been treated for severe depression in recent years.
āHe has been very eloquent in talking about his mental health issues.ā
Ms OāLeary added: āGiven these very challenging circumstances, (Ms Flind) has asked that (their) familyās privacy be respected.
āWe would like to stress that it is important that anybody experiencing serious mental health problems is given the appropriate space to receive the treatment they need.
āWe acknowledge that the ongoing news coverage could impact people in many different ways. Mind is here to support anyone who needs help with their mental health.ā
She also said that each local Mind is a āseparate charityā and Llanelli Mind has its āown governance and codes of practiceā as one of more than 100 branches across England and Wales.
Edwards, who has previously spoken about his mental health, said bouts of depression have left him ābedriddenā since 2002 during a documentary two years ago.
Ms Flind said on Wednesday her husbandās severe depression has been āgreatly worsenedā over the last week since The Sunās allegations and he is ānow receiving in-patient hospital care where heāll stay for the foreseeable futureā.
Rethink Mental Illness also wrote on Twitter that āeveryone connectedā to the story should be supported and have their mental health āprioritisedā.
The mental health charity also wrote that among the āspeculationā about the BBC controversy āpeople are sufferingā.
They added: āFor that we should strive for compassion and understanding of the impact of severe depression and mental illness.ā
On Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said no criminal offence has been committed by the presenter, and that no specific details or information about further allegations reported in the media have been provided to them.
The BBC is continuing its own āfact-finding investigationsā following Edwards allegedly making payments for sexually explicit images.