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1. We need to put resources into mental health though

Reply to s-cubed (Original post)

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 03:08 PM

Dec 2012

Lack of resources doesn't get us any closer to finding solutions; nor does sweeping the abysmal lack of mental health care options available to people under the rug. We really need the dialog IMHO.

I have experienced trying to help a loved one who even had insurance get help, it is very difficult for the reasons you mentioned, but if there was more availability and more emphasis in our society, perhaps that could change.

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In all the talk about mental illness, [View all] s-cubed Dec 2012 OP

We need to put resources into mental health though get the red out Dec 2012 #1

It is easy to say "anybody doing this must be crazy" BlueStreak Dec 2012 #2

I don't disagree with you. s-cubed Dec 2012 #3

I have read accounts that confirm this. It's the "nothing worked" that is hard for people wanting libdem4life Dec 2012 #4

Hit or miss is so true. My nephew (down's+ autism) seems to s-cubed Dec 2012 #5

In these instances, the mental help is needed for the family. Also, ADHD parents libdem4life Dec 2012 #6

From what I have seen, his mother is the one who needed the mental help BlueStreak Dec 2012 #7

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And I do believe that there are people who have mental illness who are not known to the Skidmore Dec 2012 #9