Comments on: Happy happy joy joy … uh … maybe not

By: hysperia

hysperia — Mon, 12 May 2008 00:31:05 +0000

To say nothing of the thousands and thousands of mentally ill people launguishing in US prisons. Whaddya wanna bet they’e medicated to the hilt? No wonder they never get out.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:31:00 +0000

Texas is having quite a rough time with things lately aren’t they. Those stats are pretty sobering.Makes me glad I’m not in a psychiatric Hospital in Texas. I wonder what the numbers are in New York State.

By: ttq

ttq — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:07:37 +0000

Reminds me of my first stay at “camp” aka known as a mental instituition, “hotels” being regular medical hospitals….
So I am at my first “camp” that I ended up in with a resounding thump and sending earthquakes through our family. Mom was visiting me and out of the blue (or all that I remember of the conversation) says, you know in Texas they still do lobotomies..

Thanks Mom! Good to know Texas is current with Mental Health care…

Not sure if this was true or not, it scared the crap out of me..

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 06 May 2008 18:32:33 +0000

Along the same lines, “Mental health help hit by budget crunch” [yesterday at http://tinyurl.com/6peq54 but this was the promise as put forth by CA’s Mental Health Commissioner after the passage of Proposition 63, a 1% tax on incomes over $1 MM dedicated to the expansion of CA’s mental health programs:

“Proposition 63 presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform our mental health system to one that is based on principles of recovery, programs that work and involvement of all of our stakeholders, especially the consumers and family members. California can lead the way by developing a system that keeps individuals in their communities with treatment and supports from a variety of sources, rather than in institutions or on the street. A satisfying quality of life in the community is possible with integration, proven programs, accountability and, most of all, better and earlier access.”

The original representations so often build a Potemkin Village of Recovery, Wellness, Evidence Based Practices, and Quality Care. Unfortunately, mental health consumers live in that village which the ultimate reality creates.