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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 188217" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>While I don't like the term much either, I think it may have been a marketing tool. Lots of us have had problems with our spouse, and many others, accepting that their is a problem with our children. Our kids are mentally ill. I think many people were not willing to go for services, or take children for treatment, because they didn't want them to be labelled mentally ill. So the change to behavioral medicine may ahve been to broaden the acceptibility to the masses. </p><p> </p><p>I know I had trouble getting my husband to admit Wiz had problems, that he wasn't just a really smart kid who needed to "get with the program". I have heard MANY others in the family say this. If I had come out and said he was mentally ill the uproar would have been so great y'all would have heard it in your homes - even YOU, Marg.</p><p> </p><p>How many times do we have someone post that their are no mental illnesses, just depression and alcoholism here when we ask about the family tree?</p><p> </p><p>If we ask about mood disorders, many newbies say that there are none. But I, and dad, and all the grandparents have depression. (I have always found THAT to be interesting.) Isn't depression a mood disorder?? </p><p> </p><p>How may parents would REFUSE to get help for a child from a Mental Health dept? I know a lot of dads, and quite a few moms who would. </p><p> </p><p>This probably is only part of the reason for the name change. But it probably is a factor.</p><p> </p><p>I object, while we are ranting about health care, to the separation of eyesight and dental from health. How is it that tooth problems are NOT health care?? That eye problems are NOT health care?? I realize this separation was done because of the almighty dollar, but it still seems idiotic to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 188217, member: 1233"] While I don't like the term much either, I think it may have been a marketing tool. Lots of us have had problems with our spouse, and many others, accepting that their is a problem with our children. Our kids are mentally ill. I think many people were not willing to go for services, or take children for treatment, because they didn't want them to be labelled mentally ill. So the change to behavioral medicine may ahve been to broaden the acceptibility to the masses. I know I had trouble getting my husband to admit Wiz had problems, that he wasn't just a really smart kid who needed to "get with the program". I have heard MANY others in the family say this. If I had come out and said he was mentally ill the uproar would have been so great y'all would have heard it in your homes - even YOU, Marg. How many times do we have someone post that their are no mental illnesses, just depression and alcoholism here when we ask about the family tree? If we ask about mood disorders, many newbies say that there are none. But I, and dad, and all the grandparents have depression. (I have always found THAT to be interesting.) Isn't depression a mood disorder?? How may parents would REFUSE to get help for a child from a Mental Health dept? I know a lot of dads, and quite a few moms who would. This probably is only part of the reason for the name change. But it probably is a factor. I object, while we are ranting about health care, to the separation of eyesight and dental from health. How is it that tooth problems are NOT health care?? That eye problems are NOT health care?? I realize this separation was done because of the almighty dollar, but it still seems idiotic to me. [/QUOTE]
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