Saturday, January 23, 2010

When will this country finally submit more money for dealing with the mentally ill?

The female professor had this guy pegged, tried all avenues to get him help but was turned down from all fronts because she found out, as some of us who have had family members with extreme mental illness, there is no where to turn until the mentally ill actually do something drastic. It's at an epidemic stage in this county, yet, no one is doing anything about this problem. When will our lawmakers make money and facilities available to the poor and average family? The problem is only growing worse, not better since the mental facilities have been shut down and insurance companies have stopped coverage for most. Our mentally ill wander the streets everyday until they're finally sent to prison for an unspeakable act. We need help. We have a medical problem for the mentally ill in this country.When will this country finally submit more money for dealing with the mentally ill?
Check out Timothy's Law - think its federal and we in NY are starting to see changes as a result - it states that insurance companies have to treat mental health services as they would any other medical problem - I'm a counselor and what we are seeing as a result with some insurance companies is more difficulty getting authorization. Not sure how much it will help but they are on the right track (I hope). And you are also seeing a push for licensure for mental health practitioners - this will help since we will soon be recognized as qualified health professionals. Institutions are not the way to go most of the time - regular outpatient, more counseling in schools (especially elementary) will help make free services more accessible and be preventative - proactive, not reactive! Take a stance and contact your local politicians - if enough do we may see a change!When will this country finally submit more money for dealing with the mentally ill?
You know what I know there is some way we could throw money at this and make it go away.
Do they care about there kids dieing? There hart less
probably never they do the governments bidding and the desired affect of depopulation which is what the new world order wants...

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