Posted on Nov 6, 2023
Severe Mental Illness: The Ignored Public Health Crisis
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Severe Mental Illness: The Ignored Public Health Crisis. Via The Epoch Times
Severe Mental Illness: The Ignored Public Health Crisis
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Mental Health
PTSD
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MAJ Montgomery Granger Lt Col Charlie Brown Amn Dale Preisach I totally agree that we have a crisis!
It comes to my mind, though, that the severely mentally ill have always been with us. Think of all the drastic, inhumane, ridiculous ideas and techniques and surgeries and medications and drugs that have been tried under the umbrella of trying to heal and to help. And even those attempted for the sole purpose of profit.
If there was an easy or widely effective “cure” to treat mental illness, IMO it would be a part of our world. However, based on my own experience and that of others, diagnosis/treatment is very individualistic and complicated and messy. Thank goodness there are more people talking and telling their stories. Sharing the methodologies that have helped them. I am optimistic as I have watched my own treatment by doctors evolve these last decades.
It comes to my mind, though, that the severely mentally ill have always been with us. Think of all the drastic, inhumane, ridiculous ideas and techniques and surgeries and medications and drugs that have been tried under the umbrella of trying to heal and to help. And even those attempted for the sole purpose of profit.
If there was an easy or widely effective “cure” to treat mental illness, IMO it would be a part of our world. However, based on my own experience and that of others, diagnosis/treatment is very individualistic and complicated and messy. Thank goodness there are more people talking and telling their stories. Sharing the methodologies that have helped them. I am optimistic as I have watched my own treatment by doctors evolve these last decades.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
It is a viscous circle. Society benefits when the mentally ill are off the streets. Individuals benefit when they receive quality care. Incentives all around! We are better than this. We can solve these problems, but need honest, caring and compassionate representatives who want the best for their constituents, not their pocketbooks.
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It absolutely is a crisis and it isn't helped by restricting licensures by state...
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Amn Dale Preisach
After decades of research and gov't. Scrutiny, do you believe that congresspersons, and Senators from either party are stumped on what to do?? Or are they just playing the inept card to cause more sadness and make opportunities to grab more power / control through having us improperly treated/ have inadequate resources leading to heavily preventable circumstances and following tragedies.
Mental hospitals are mot a new idea, meds are not a new tool that just made FDA approval.
Psych Dr.s Psych staff know there seems to be counter intuitive edicts/ laws, procedures , and lack of available, consistent and reliable treatment/ staff and Dr.s that don't just seem to disappear when funding is cut.
Mental hospitals are mot a new idea, meds are not a new tool that just made FDA approval.
Psych Dr.s Psych staff know there seems to be counter intuitive edicts/ laws, procedures , and lack of available, consistent and reliable treatment/ staff and Dr.s that don't just seem to disappear when funding is cut.
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MAJ Montgomery Granger
We have the solutions! But the people we put in charge through representative gov't do what's in THEIR best interest instead of the people's best interest. What's the solution? Term limits, oversight, corruption punished swiftly and severely.
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