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1.
Alison
I agree that people with mental disorders are being offered a disservice. However, there are some people that would say that mental illness is an excuse to keep from being punished to the correct extent. For example, people would say that James Holmes should not be found not guilty by reason of insanity. They say that he knew full well what he was doing and should therefore be punished accordingly.
However, in this case, I believe that James Holmes was sending signs that were often ignored by people. He texted other students and said that he was "bad business." He also saw a psychiatrist, who was so concerned by his actions that she alerted the emergency response team that was in place for situations where someone was either a threat to themselves or others. However, since Holmes had dropped out from the neuroscience program he was in a few days later, he was considered out of their hands. Had they done right, they would have notified the Aurora PD about him and possibly had him committed. He was showing signs of what he was going to do, yet no one heeded them.
I think that mental health is not a priority in this country. A year ago, I had gone to the hospital for suicidal urges and ideation. They did nothing for me and sent me home, where I could have taken my life for real. The psychiatrist I did see in the hospital was so focused to get me out the door that she made me feel worse for coming in. She didn't ask me about how I felt or why I was there. All she did was ask if I had somewhere else to go. I, luckily, did find a friend that would take me for the night and would pick me up. Had I not found someone on Facebook to take me for the night, I probably would have gone home for the night (which was not what I needed at the time, to go back in the very environment that made me suicidal in the first place). I also had an appointment later that week to see a psychiatrist at the hospital's outpatient psychiatric clinic. Had I not taken the initiative and made this appointment, I would probably still be depressed, and I definitely would not have known about my Asperger's. Often it takes initiative for people to seek treatment, which most people who are mentally ill do not have. Most of the time, they don't believe they have a problem. It often takes something drastic to get them to seek help. This should not be the case. People who are mentally ill should be identified and be offered treatment. If they accept it, fine; if they don't, that is their prerogative.
However, in this case, I believe that James Holmes was sending signs that were often ignored by people. He texted other students and said that he was "bad business." He also saw a psychiatrist, who was so concerned by his actions that she alerted the emergency response team that was in place for situations where someone was either a threat to themselves or others. However, since Holmes had dropped out from the neuroscience program he was in a few days later, he was considered out of their hands. Had they done right, they would have notified the Aurora PD about him and possibly had him committed. He was showing signs of what he was going to do, yet no one heeded them.
I think that mental health is not a priority in this country. A year ago, I had gone to the hospital for suicidal urges and ideation. They did nothing for me and sent me home, where I could have taken my life for real. The psychiatrist I did see in the hospital was so focused to get me out the door that she made me feel worse for coming in. She didn't ask me about how I felt or why I was there. All she did was ask if I had somewhere else to go. I, luckily, did find a friend that would take me for the night and would pick me up. Had I not found someone on Facebook to take me for the night, I probably would have gone home for the night (which was not what I needed at the time, to go back in the very environment that made me suicidal in the first place). I also had an appointment later that week to see a psychiatrist at the hospital's outpatient psychiatric clinic. Had I not taken the initiative and made this appointment, I would probably still be depressed, and I definitely would not have known about my Asperger's. Often it takes initiative for people to seek treatment, which most people who are mentally ill do not have. Most of the time, they don't believe they have a problem. It often takes something drastic to get them to seek help. This should not be the case. People who are mentally ill should be identified and be offered treatment. If they accept it, fine; if they don't, that is their prerogative.
2.
Anonymous12
Well I can't really answer for you as I'm in the UK but I have to say our country is useless. No one is sympathetic if you've got a mental illness such as depression or anxiety etc they just leave you to it. Loads of mental health wards have been shut down and the only way people like me get help is from phone calls and asking how you've been feeling in the last 2 weeks.
I also think a lot of stigma is attached to mental health. People need a lot of help and it's not an excuse for anything it's a general mental illness.
I also think a lot of stigma is attached to mental health. People need a lot of help and it's not an excuse for anything it's a general mental illness.
3.
Judy & Charlie
I certainly have to agree with you.
The recent story of Adam Lanza killing all of those little kids in Newtown, Connecticut has brought this fact into the open. He just like other mentally ill shooters such as Hinckley Jr, Holmes and JAred Loughlin are typical of men with severe mental illnesses who are ALLOWED to have access to guns and ammunition and whose families will not force them to get the critically needed mental health hospitalization they need.
And so we need to understand these REALLY important facts in this country:
1 in four Americans currently suffer from a treatable mental illness so the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association verify. That's an epidemic.
We insist that our children have school physicals and dental exams but we don't test their mental health at all. Why?
The general public knows little or nothing about mental illness and what it is or how it is treated.
The general public doesn't know how to get emergency hospitalization for someone who is dangerous to themselves or others. They do not know the mental health code for their state.
No one is ashamed to get treatment for a broken arm but they are terrified of getting treatment for something as common as depression....why?
The American public tolerates uncommonly violent video games that show rape, murder and dismemberment of human beings. They also tolerate alcohol and drug abuse.
The GREATEST threat in America is the abuse and neglect of her children. This epidemic causes a rise in personality disorders which cause of a lifetime of criminal behavior and an inability to function in adults. America is clueless.
And so, I believe that the greateshealth carere problem in our country is the terrible neglect of our own mental and emotional health and the ignorance of the American public about it.
The recent story of Adam Lanza killing all of those little kids in Newtown, Connecticut has brought this fact into the open. He just like other mentally ill shooters such as Hinckley Jr, Holmes and JAred Loughlin are typical of men with severe mental illnesses who are ALLOWED to have access to guns and ammunition and whose families will not force them to get the critically needed mental health hospitalization they need.
And so we need to understand these REALLY important facts in this country:
1 in four Americans currently suffer from a treatable mental illness so the American Medical Association and American Psychiatric Association verify. That's an epidemic.
We insist that our children have school physicals and dental exams but we don't test their mental health at all. Why?
The general public knows little or nothing about mental illness and what it is or how it is treated.
The general public doesn't know how to get emergency hospitalization for someone who is dangerous to themselves or others. They do not know the mental health code for their state.
No one is ashamed to get treatment for a broken arm but they are terrified of getting treatment for something as common as depression....why?
The American public tolerates uncommonly violent video games that show rape, murder and dismemberment of human beings. They also tolerate alcohol and drug abuse.
The GREATEST threat in America is the abuse and neglect of her children. This epidemic causes a rise in personality disorders which cause of a lifetime of criminal behavior and an inability to function in adults. America is clueless.
And so, I believe that the greateshealth carere problem in our country is the terrible neglect of our own mental and emotional health and the ignorance of the American public about it.
4.
Pay
it's not being addressed and its terrible but we can't do anything. The person who is having problem has to admit it themselves and most people can't.
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