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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 568642" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p>You are exactly correct, Lisa...even those people who have access to mental health care and can afford it, resist it. Case in point, my mother in law. She is a clinically depressed person and has been for forty years...yet, she refuses to acknowledge it or accept it and get help. Or, my husband who can admit that 'at times feels depressed' but not acknowledge that he, like his mom, has long term clinical depression that waxes and wanes, like most people with chronic illnesses. </p><p></p><p>Part of the issue is cost and availability, as I've experienced lately when young to find difficult child a psychiatrist...next to impossible in my area unless you're an adolescent or geriatric! There's also the societal stigma attached to acknowledging a mental disorder....people hear labels and assume instead of researching or finding out the truth about aspects of whatever mental disorder their child or family member has. I hear people talking about someone in their family with a mental disorder and when they say the name of the disorder, they lower their voices...as if it's a dirty word. And this attitude and these perceptions go all the way to the US capital (not a political statement) and involves insurance companies, lobbyists, and the almighty dollar. The only times when the state of mental health is addressed in the media is when something tragic happens. Suddenly, everyone is asking, "What are we going to do about the mentally ill?" </p><p></p><p>When I was growing up, we had mental institutions...they existed under deplorable conditions. The residents were not treated, they were drugged. When human rights groups came out to protest these conditions and resources dried up, mental health patients were released back to their families or placed in half way homes in cities, on their own. Just think how many of us have tried to find good inpatient care for our difficult children. Everything is outpatient dr or clinic visits that last from 15 minutes to an hour. Some people need more than that. I'm definitely not suggesting we go back to housing all mentally ill people in institutions, but we do need to find a middle ground and make mental healht care a priority and affordable for everyone who needs it. </p><p></p><p>The continued debate over gun control and mental health care is so disheartening...we are a small group of people. How long would it take for us to find a happy medium on these issues? And we expect our government, state and federal, to be able to just change overnight? Give it a few weeks, I bet this issue dies down and be dead in the water again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 568642, member: 2211"] You are exactly correct, Lisa...even those people who have access to mental health care and can afford it, resist it. Case in point, my mother in law. She is a clinically depressed person and has been for forty years...yet, she refuses to acknowledge it or accept it and get help. Or, my husband who can admit that 'at times feels depressed' but not acknowledge that he, like his mom, has long term clinical depression that waxes and wanes, like most people with chronic illnesses. Part of the issue is cost and availability, as I've experienced lately when young to find difficult child a psychiatrist...next to impossible in my area unless you're an adolescent or geriatric! There's also the societal stigma attached to acknowledging a mental disorder....people hear labels and assume instead of researching or finding out the truth about aspects of whatever mental disorder their child or family member has. I hear people talking about someone in their family with a mental disorder and when they say the name of the disorder, they lower their voices...as if it's a dirty word. And this attitude and these perceptions go all the way to the US capital (not a political statement) and involves insurance companies, lobbyists, and the almighty dollar. The only times when the state of mental health is addressed in the media is when something tragic happens. Suddenly, everyone is asking, "What are we going to do about the mentally ill?" When I was growing up, we had mental institutions...they existed under deplorable conditions. The residents were not treated, they were drugged. When human rights groups came out to protest these conditions and resources dried up, mental health patients were released back to their families or placed in half way homes in cities, on their own. Just think how many of us have tried to find good inpatient care for our difficult children. Everything is outpatient dr or clinic visits that last from 15 minutes to an hour. Some people need more than that. I'm definitely not suggesting we go back to housing all mentally ill people in institutions, but we do need to find a middle ground and make mental healht care a priority and affordable for everyone who needs it. The continued debate over gun control and mental health care is so disheartening...we are a small group of people. How long would it take for us to find a happy medium on these issues? And we expect our government, state and federal, to be able to just change overnight? Give it a few weeks, I bet this issue dies down and be dead in the water again. [/QUOTE]
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