Monday, March 7, 2011

The problem with mental health awareness

The problem is that the nation as a whole stigmatizes all mental afflictions. It is a poor way to be if you wish to alienate and marginalize any person whose mind is not as organized or applicable to your daily life. I personally think that we need more mental health attention and more spending in this corridor of freedom. Maybe giving more psychiatrists media attention and national exposure will close the gap between the mentally unwell and the healthy persons. I think that we need more pop culture that deals with psychiatry, more books about psychiatry successes, more stories of the persons who have recovered and their stories as well as an increased discussion publically of the benefits of mental health care and treatment. This is necessary and the stigma of a mental illness must be absolved. There is no shame in an illness. Sadly, we are not ready for the future we wish to enjoy.

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