In July 2022 the federal government approved a $21 billion funding package for mental-health and substance-use disorders. The spending package was in response to a jump in substance abuse and a suicide rate that increased 33% from 1999 through 2017, making it the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S, according to the most recent federal data.
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@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
Yes
@9JYPSTW1yr1Y
Yes they should because bad mental health leads to psychopaths like traffickers, murderers, predators and more. If we can provide better treatment for mental health then we can decrease the rates of these people.
@9F8CZRD2yrs2Y
If we continue to uphold strict social standards on how people should live, it is unreasonable to deny mental health care.
@ChitWithaC3mos3MO
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What do you think we should do about the over-use of pharmaceutical companies' medications? Don't you think there could be better ways to treat mental health that are not being implemented because of the focus on only using medication?
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
Yes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services
@97SND5C 3yrs3Y
I am a grandmother of 2 boy's now 13 and 15 wow this has been a roller coaster ride they both have had to have mental health help and the 13 year old has been thrown under the bus with so many meds that helped and did not help I have learned so much about mental health I have had to kick and scream for my 13 year old and will until my last breath. This is just a tip of the ice burg. Every day is a new lesson.
@lemans34273yrs3Y
Did their mental health decline during the COVID lockdowns?
@9FLS8662yrs2Y
I've been through multiple health care programs for my mental health and psychological disabilities and the funding is so terribly low.
@9FM3NTH2yrs2Y
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@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
Yes, but only increase funding for personalized care instead of subsidizing pharmaceutical companies
@9G833YJ2yrs2Y
I disagree because the entire metal health stuff is just brainwash, we’re just animals. If you tell someone over and over again something is wrong with them then they’ll think something is wrong.
Congrats, you win the award for stupidest comment I’ve seen today! (And possibly all year—which is really saying something!) 🥇🏆
“If you tell someone over and over again something is wrong with them then they’ll think something is wrong.” ➡️ You do realize every single mental illness shows up on brain scans, right? How are you denying irrefutable proof of an illness? Do you tell diabetics that they don’t have diabetes because it’s all hogwash and people have only been lying to them?
I am begging for you to use your critical thinking skills.
@9GGXNCD2yrs2Y
It is not the responsibility of the federal government to babysit everybody individually. It does not have the money to fund programs that cater towards each individual's needs, and it should not have to. Mental health is a valid issue that needs to be addressed, but at some point that responsibility falls to the person with mental health issues and their family/friends/immediate community, not the federal government.
@9G8FL7H2yrs2Y
Mental health care is important and should have increase of funding majority of the people need support majority of the time
@ISIDEWITH8mos8MO
How has a personal challenge or struggle changed your perspective on seeking help or support?
@9Y9FKWVRepublican7mos7MO
I have a number of friends who have committed suicide because they felt like they didn't have any other option.
@9YDCD2Y7mos7MO
Mental Health is a real problem, but it is overshadowed by the overwhelming amount of people using it as an excuse to not do anything.
@9YDBX487mos7MO
you should be able to pick from a variety of people you can talk to.
@9YD9RGY7mos7MO
Society should step back and try to help men's mental health, it is an idea that has been shoved to the bottom of the societal ladder.
@ISIDEWITH12yrs12Y
No
@EJ_The_DJ-1224 10mos10MO
I believe the government should stay out of things like healthcare and research since I believe private companies can do it better.
@9FLS8662yrs2Y
Mental health is important for everyone, and the government should pay more for it to help take care of it's country.
@9FM3NTH2yrs2Y
Just as there is no health without mental health, so to there is no mental health with physical health.
@ISIDEWITH8yrs8Y
No, incentivize private companies to address this issue instead
@9F8CZRD2yrs2Y
Health care as a whole should have no privitization. It should be a right for everyone, mental health care included.
People would become even more reliant on their employer for health services, as we already are for healthcare. People would feel like they need to stay at their job for those services.
@ISIDEWITH8mos8MO
In what ways do you think society's understanding of mental health has evolved in the last decade?
@9TYR4WL8mos8MO
El concepto de salud mental ha evolucionado a lo largo del tiempo; comenzó por definir la ausencia de tras- tornos mentales hasta significar un estado de completo bienestar físico, mental y social en el cual el individuo es consciente de sus propias capacidades, puede afrontar las tensiones normales de la vida, puede .
@9TYR5MF8mos8MO
Knowing exactly what was happening in asylums back in the day, it has significantly improved however we can do so much better man
@9TYQ2Y7Independent8mos8MO
Society has understood better that more and more people actual deal with mental health. There has been more awareness spread, which is good for society, as it better allows us to understand each other. Society now has a better understanding of the root causes of mental illness, and how to cope.
@9TXGX4V8mos8MO
That it has become a worldwide situation and has increased by a lot.
@ISIDEWITH9mos9MO
@9GT9D2R2yrs2Y
No people need to grow up and stop using mental health as a crutch to get their way and not have to be held to the same standards
@VulcanMan6 2yrs2Y
It sounds like you didn't get enough mental health treatment in your life...
@9TM9M9G8mos8MO
My mental health was so bad to the point where I tried to kill myself. That’s not me “not getting my way,” that’s me suffering from lack of resources.
Too many people are lying about having a mental illness or condition, or exaggerating them, in order to get their way. Having a mental defect doesn't make you "special", though you shouldn't be punished for it either.
@9W2QP2G7mos7MO
A mental illness like Depression is literally a chemical imbalance in your body. Grow up.
Thats like telling someone with Cancer to stop using their illness as a “crutch”
@ISIDEWITH8mos8MO
How do you differentiate between not feeling okay and needing professional mental health support?
@9YFWM9D7mos7MO
It's a factor of time. How long has the person affected been feeling like this? Is it just a couple of days? Has it been a month? A year? Depending on the amount of time and any significant events.
@9TS9LM58mos8MO
If someone has brought up the topic of anything to injure someone, for example, if one says they want to shoot up a school, that is when the really need help. Or another instance is when they bring up the fact that they cut themselves or want to kill themselves or someone else.
@9YDBGNWRepublican7mos7MO
anyone can need help anytime they feel particularly stressed especially when it is impacting their daily life.
@9YFZLNW 7mos7MO
needing professional mental health would usually pertain to you having harmful thoughts otherwise its not necessary
@ISIDEWITH8mos8MO
How do you think characters in movies and TV shows influence our views on mental health, and is this positive or negative?
@9YG5ZRG7mos7MO
Negatively. I feel like the proliferation of media with a focus on mental health issues forces viewers to identify with those characters traits.
@9YG376J7mos7MO
I think they definitely can but not to such a significant degree that it would need any moderation
@9YFZLDW7mos7MO
The effect is perhaps more prevalent in children and might be beneficial depending on the values espoused by the show.
@9YFZ6K47mos7MO
I think people should take literally anything on tv or in movies with a grain of salt and stop pretending that a mentally ill character in a show like CSI has any real world connection to people who actually are struggling with mental illnesses
@ISIDEWITH8mos8MO
How do schools and workplaces need to change to better support mental health?
In fall 2021, the California Department of Education, with support from The California Partnership for the Future of Learning and Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, hosted six virtual regional forums across the state in which more than 600 students , families, community members, educators, and school and district administrators spoke about how to create equitable and thriving community schools.
One of the main themes that emerged was the urgent need to prioritize mental health services and cultures of well-being.
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@9TSQNNJ8mos8MO
DOnt change anything in the school and start by working from the family because most mental health problems are from mental or physical abuse.
@9TSQ6BP8mos8MO
They need to put more focus on the workers than on the work, which would allow people to do what they need to do to stay happy.
@9TSPZFH8mos8MO
They need to offer better support groups, and stop sending children to places like mental hospitals as they are severely damaging to people with developing brains
@8THP9VX4yrs4Y
The government should not be involved in the healthcare industry at all.
@9V8F22XIndependent8mos8MO
Mental health is not the problem, the problem it ‘s our hyper individualistic, consumeristic culture that drives people to have bad mental health, I would recommend people to learn about Johan Hari a British journalist who wrote a book about addiction and depression, he makes great points of the mental health crisis we’re dealing with. I also recommend people to demand more people’ friendly cities, car centric cars makes people more lonely, depressed,
@blynx5mos5MO
so are you for or against the government paying for our healthcare???
@B5BXP9J2wks2W
We need to change the culture so people are interested in working hard rather than treating it as something that's very bad.
@B3GDS3V3mos3MO
This is to be left to individual companies and services the federal government has enough influence as it is and is in too much debt.
@9CY7BQ52yrs2Y
No, and the government should not recognize the concept of mental health, because this is a violation of free will and the First Amendment
@8T3M48Q4yrs4Y
Yes and No, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services but only increase funding for personalized care instead of subsidizing pharmaceutical companies
@B2QNK4H4mos4MO
yes because there are more people that are dying to more diseases and if they do than cure cancer and many diseases.
@B2KBCJT4mos4MO
Abolish psychiatry, keep therapy and psychology. Abolish psych hospitalizations. Too much abuse and forced treatment occurs.
@B2K5B4L4mos4MO
Yes, mental health research and treatment for trans and other LGBTQ people because they truly are mentally ill.
@B2HXPJG4mos4MO
There are too many mentally ill roaming the streets. There needs to be a reopening of the public asylums for the mentally ill.
@B2FNVYT4mos4MO
The way this country handles mental health is atrocious and needs to be redone entirely. Not to mention it is expensive to all hell just to get help, even with insurance.
@9L4Z23BIndependent 4mos4MO
Yes, consolidate NIH and ARPA-H and increase R&D funding to support innovation of the private sector
@9ZY93JV6mos6MO
Yes and No, I feel they should bring back asylums for the mentally insane, and also increased treatment for those who suffer from gender dysphoria, rather than feed their issue with our medical system.
@9ZKD4HQ6mos6MO
Yes, but only because getting a therapist is very hard these days, and we need to make areas for people to go to get their counseling
@9ZDHGHP6mos6MO
If government is going to be in healthcare, they should be engaged only in research avoided by profit seeking private companies that have a generalizable benefit
@9YHSZ3B7mos7MO
No, Mental health issues are largely the byproduct of cultural issues. We need to foster a society where people tend to meaningfully interact with their family and friends before paying rediculous amounts of money to talk to a mental health professional for 45 minutes.
@9YFZDJ37mos7MO
The government can’t be trusted with mental health.Private Christian charities should deal with this
@9Y8VYQF7mos7MO
Yes, but this funding should be in the form of grants to a variety of parties to incentivize private companies and support non-profits.
@9XMRTS67mos7MO
Again, socialized healthcare would fit for this stuff. So yes, absolutely. No government should be involved.
@9XJ5Z8X7mos7MO
Abolish psychiatry - poor mental health is proof of a systemic problem, not an individual failing. We should fund social programs that improve people’s material conditions (eg housing programs) to improve mental health, not carceral and abusive “treatments” that punish people for reacting to thier own oppression.
@9XF74RT7mos7MO
Yes, but to an extent because we can't spend tons of money on just research just to not get anything done.
@9XCDPTZ7mos7MO
I struggle with mental health myself and for a week of health care to cost 5236 dollars plus tax is crazy I understand mental health is a lot but if you can save a kid with cancers life you can prevent a teenager from wanting to die to. so yes increase that funding.
@9X3JNRZ7mos7MO
most "mental health research" is not science. real science should be funded. the corporate nonsense fabricated or profit should not be.
@9WXQHYMIndependent7mos7MO
The government should focus on addressing the root causes rather than band-aid solutions. Like, start providing healthier, non GMO food. Start providing more holistic healthcare. Stop giving everyone and their brother antidepressants for every issue. For example, I was prescribed antidepressants for joint pain?? how does that make sense. I think the current amount of healthcare funds need to be spread out more to fairly address all illnesses as well.
@9WN4ZVT7mos7MO
Funding need to go to helping those with mental health issues. Funding for research to me is ridiculous. We end up giving these researchers the funding and we don’t help real life people when they need it.
@9WB26PP7mos7MO
Yes, with more research medical professionals will be able to identify causes of suicide and certain brain abnormalities leading to mental illnesses. This will pose more treatment plans with new information gained about mental illnesses.
The government should increase funding for mental health education rather than research and treatment so as to prevent over-idetification and self-diagnosing.
@9W4LQR77mos7MO
No, instead publicize free mental health treatments like exercise or reading the Bible, and include therapy in free health insurance for low income individuals.
@9W2FH2F7mos7MO
Therapy is not a valid treatment anymore and community and connection should be exalted over this institution. Through places such as church or other centers, peoples mental structure will become increasingly healed.
@9VTZ2LK7mos7MO
No, and I prefer state and local governments addressing this issue rather than the federal government
@9VT3X5V7mos7MO
Yes, but only after eliminating funding for other agencies and programs that the American people rely on the least.
The government should not look to either increase or decrease funding, it should instead look to make it more efficient.
@9VLG4658mos8MO
Yes, but requiring free mental/physical health testing before providing care, to ensure the system does not get abused.
@9V6JBS78mos8MO
Yes, there should be easier access to mental health resources. Insurance companies should be obligated to treat mental health concerns the same as any other medical issue.
@9TZZHW48mos8MO
in some cases like true mental deformities but nothing like gender or believing you something your not.
@9TX83LT8mos8MO
Yes, but only on certain case-by-case situations, e.g., as was done to accelerate the development ofCOVID vaccines.
@9TQMSZF8mos8MO
yes but look into the people that are using this advantage for the smaller things and false disability claims
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