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Originally Posted by binxnyrwarrsoul
This. There is a stigma to mental issues that not only seems to not be going away, but seems to be increasing. I have a niece (wife's side) who has been hospitalized twice, once not of her own free will as it was deemed she was a danger to herself, and there is this cloak of silence that shrouds the entire situation by her family, like it'll make THEM look bad. It's not about them. This is a college student who is a beautiful girl, extremely intelligent and creative, excels at sports etc etc. You want to scream when you hear oh what is their problem, they have the world by the balls, popular, gorgeous etc., yeah well obviously they didn't feel that way about themselves, and with no treatment it tends to end badly.
Part of $200M would do better if it went to treatment facilities, docs etc.. Just my opinion.
I think most of us have been closer than we'd like to be, for whatever reason. Something as seemingly benign as losing a job, seems like it just sucks but for some not having a purpose can be that trigger. The human mind is more complicated than can be fathomed.
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I think you've touched on a number of things. I know a psychiatry MD very well. We've talked a lot on a number of issues ... from the yahoo that went down the bike lane in NY last year to suicide off the bridge. The problem, generally, is identifying when people are expressing/manifesting symptoms. At that point, they need professional care. It's getting them into see the MDs that's the problem. The MDs know what to do. Unfortunately, a lot of people do not express symptoms or have isolated themselves. The netting is for those people who aren't expressing symptoms or have isolated themselves. They don't reach out for help or someone in their social fabric hasn't gotten involved.