No one is immune from mental illness. Any person regardless of age, economic status, or race can develop a mental illness. Yet it is difficult for many of us to understand why mental health policy receives less support for government spending increases than does health care. We must recognize all the barriers that contribute to the stigmatization and discrimination of mental health.
Year: 2014
Continuing to punish mentally ill people for misconduct when the crossed wires that spark their behavior are clear to see as a broken bone seems to have no practical benefits to society.
Continuing to punish mentally ill people for misconduct when the crossed wires that spark their behavior are clear to see as a broken bone seems to have no practical benefits to society. Sick brains require treatment, Not punishment!
Sick brains require treatment, Not punishment!
Sick brains require treatment, Not punishment!
How Sacramento turns at-risk kids into criminals
How Sacramento turns at-risk kids into criminals
Why do children with serious mental-health issues end up in juvenile hall instead of a doctor’s office? http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/how-sacramento-turns-at-risk-kids/content?oid=15590372
Sick brains require treatment, Not punishment!
Sick brains require treatment, Not punishment!
Why Make Social Rejection a Consequence of Having a Mental Illness?
Despite the public’s increased understanding that mental illness is linked to biological, psychological and social vulnerabilities, there is still a tendency for the public to make social rejection a consequence of having a mental illness.
Why Make Social Rejection a Consequence of Having a Mental Illness?
Despite the public’s increased understanding that mental illness is linked to biological, psychological and social vulnerabilities, there is still a tendency for the public to make social rejection a consequence of having a mental illness.
Stigma consists of not only derogatory words or the use of negative labels; it is disrespectful to the individual who is diagnosed with a mental illness.
Stigma consists of not only derogatory words or the use of negative labels; it is disrespectful to the individual who is diagnosed with a mental illness. Stigma leads some individuals to avoid employing or living, working, or socializing with people who are known to have a mental disorder. It reduces an individual’s opportunities and access to resources such as housing and employment. Also, it leads to low self-esteem, hopelessness and isolation. Moreover, stigma deters society from participating in taking an active role in the care and cost of treatment for those with mental illnesses.
A strong case can now be made that those who thought that AFDC provided incentives for families to break up or for unwed mothers to stay single in order to receive benefits were dead wrong
A strong case can now be made that those who thought that AFDC provided incentives for families to break up or for unwed mothers to stay single in order to receive benefits were dead wrong
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