IMHO this topic is complicated and politicizing it doesn't help. There is a town in Europe forget the town name and country wherein a nun dedicated her life to people with mental health issues and was successful in soliciting the help of townsfolk who took in and cared for them. If a person was having an episode they would be hospitalized stabilized and return to their home I suspect being treated as a normal human being has as much a positive effect on them as does the health care they receive.
In this European society they are not stigmitized. They have rights but with rights comes responsibility and if they are unable to recognize that responsibility than there is a procedure in place there to deal with it.
In America do gooders had good intentions but a poor plan and freed people who needed care but could not even recognize their needs or a place to treat them. So without insight these patients walk the streets. Some believe the cure is worse than the disease and in some manner they are correct. However isn't that true of the guy who takes a prescription for blood pressure or any other ailment....the so called side effects
Do gooders again made laws that prevented family members who who cared enough to stand by the side of their sons, daughters parents from securing help for them
All this talk about gun control evaluations for licenses, etc is a distraction.
America is suppose to be the land of problem solvers who can do great things. However, when it comes to our approach and thinking about mental health we are in the Dark Ages and that includes many psychiatric professionals.
if you don't agree tell me how you react to this comparison.
If a person is having a hear attack the medical people zap with an electrical charge to regain balance.
If a mental patient is having an episode medical people zap them with electricity to regain balance. Same procedure different organ
Are they the same to you?
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