Why Do We Choose To Live With Mental Illnesses
1. Gain attention: I was diagnosed with depression and an anxiety disorder when I was sixteen years old. Though this was when I was diagnosed, I was suffering since I was thirteen. At first I ignored the symptoms, I thought poor self-esteem, moodiness, and a poor ability to deal with stress was just a normal part of being a teenager. Eventually, though, the symptoms grew to be too dangerous to ignore. It wasn’t until I was fifteen years old that I realized I needed help. It still took me a full year to finally get to courage to ask my mom to get me into therapy. I felt weak and embarrassed, so I didn’t ask for help until it was almost too late.
2. State the topic: Many choose to live with mental illnesses because they are too embarrassed to …show more content…
My plan to solve this issue is to utilize the Wisconsin State government to create a mental-illness friendly health care system, as opposed to institutionalizing those with psychological disorders.
A. In 2004 California passed an act to change their health care system called the Mental Health Services Act.
1. According to the article California’s Historic Effort to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness: The Mental Health Services Act, the act imposed a 1% tax on personal income of Californians that had an excess of $1 million.
2. California uses that money to invest in symptom treatments, help those with illness to be a part of society, allow for those suffering to control their treatment, and reduce the stigma and discrimination of those with mental illness. They even utilized those suffering and their families to draft the Act and to campaign during its introduction.
3. This initial Act has led to several government programs encouraging the public to talk publicly about mental heath and providing safe, beneficial places for people with mental illness to go and receive treatment without being institutionalized.
4. Though it is a relatively new act so there is not a full analysis of the benefits, as of 2013 has improved the education in schools on mental
2. State the topic: Many choose to live with mental illnesses because they are too embarrassed to …show more content…
My plan to solve this issue is to utilize the Wisconsin State government to create a mental-illness friendly health care system, as opposed to institutionalizing those with psychological disorders.
A. In 2004 California passed an act to change their health care system called the Mental Health Services Act.
1. According to the article California’s Historic Effort to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Illness: The Mental Health Services Act, the act imposed a 1% tax on personal income of Californians that had an excess of $1 million.
2. California uses that money to invest in symptom treatments, help those with illness to be a part of society, allow for those suffering to control their treatment, and reduce the stigma and discrimination of those with mental illness. They even utilized those suffering and their families to draft the Act and to campaign during its introduction.
3. This initial Act has led to several government programs encouraging the public to talk publicly about mental heath and providing safe, beneficial places for people with mental illness to go and receive treatment without being institutionalized.
4. Though it is a relatively new act so there is not a full analysis of the benefits, as of 2013 has improved the education in schools on mental