what i mean is more and more people seem to have it than what there use to be! is it something to do with our country or what?
serious answers!
2006-12-15 13:01:49 · 13 answers · asked by nakita 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
nycpulpwr. i base it on the work i do with the mentally ill.
2006-12-15 13:05:03 · update #1
i do medical transcription for a hospital in a town of aboug 22,000. MOST of it is for 7th floor (the psych unit). I am seriously amazed and dumfounded at how prevalent it is. I have no answers. And I am not making fun when I say that the FULL MOON ALWAYS affects the admissions. I used to think that was BS but it is SO true.
2006-12-15 13:06:07 · answer #1 · answered by Joni J 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
O.K. I have 2 theories/reasons why mental illness seems to be more prevalent today:
1. Reagan stopped much of the funding to long term mental health facilities. Thus many of these people that would have lived out their life in a controlled environment are now on the streets.
Also, (and this could be actually a separate reason) during this Reganomics period, many health insurances stopped paying for long term mental health care. You might be able to get 30 days max, but after that, you are on your own. Once again, back on the streets.
2. This one is truly just an opinion/observation of mine...however, in today's society we are all about diversity. If someone is a bit quirky (or a lot quirky) we are suppose to accept them as they are. I am not saying this new found acceptance is right or wrong--but back in the day if you had just a bit of your normal faculties, you wanted to be accepted by your peers. Trust me, back in the day, if you were acting goofy, bizarre, or strange, someone would point it out to you LOUDLY. You knew what you were doing was not acceptable. Now a days, no one says anything if someone is acting a bit freakish, thus those poor souls are ostracized and some (most) may not even know why. Think about it, if you never were told that something was not acceptable, how would you know?
2006-12-15 21:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by maamu 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it is just the changing of the times. People are more open about issues, including health, than they used to be. The same thing has happened with rape and abuse. Used to, people kept quiet when they were mistreated because A) either no one believed them, or B) it was considered wrong to backtalk to the man of the family.
Also, research has led to the discoveries of mental illnesses that were never known about. People either didn't realize something was wrong or thought that they were alone and ashamed to admit to a problem.
2006-12-15 21:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by shea_8705 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it happens in every country...I believe there should be more money made available to cure the mentally ill but instead we are spending billions each week on an endless war in Iraq.
This doesn t make any sense to me. Most of the people who committ crimes are mentally ill-either they have not been diagnosed or they can not afford to take their medicine.
2006-12-15 21:10:27 · answer #4 · answered by NaijaPrincess 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its all in the defects of the genes someone might not have it but pass it on to their children which then means their children have a more increased risk to their children. Also mentally retarded people can have kids which might not have been as socially acceptable in the past. Its a lot of biology i suggest that u look up how genetic defects occur to find out the whole story.
2006-12-15 21:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by msX 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I honestly haven't seen an increase at all, people are probably just more open about it and these days the media drags everything out in the open, even if they have to make it up.
2006-12-15 21:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by Dark Fae 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it has to do with detection because mental illness has no racial bounderies. america is more develop than most countries, they detect more illnesses thru available psychiatric diagnostics coupled with trained heathcare personnels then underdeveloped countries. sad truth and we need to understand more of the inequalities of life.
2006-12-15 21:09:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No,there has just been more attention brought to the subject.It isn't considered taboo to talk about mental illness anymore.
2006-12-15 21:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by Celebrity girl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
mental illness is real. im living proof of that but i believe people just dont have enough to do . to stay occupied. and then some are just winers trying to blame their problems on someone else.
2006-12-15 21:06:56 · answer #9 · answered by askmike 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
People are driving themselves crazy with work stress and juggling too many things at once. We need to learn how to relax and enjoy our family more by spending time with them. I bet not too many of us go to grandma's house for Sunday lunch or dinner anymore.
2006-12-15 21:04:32 · answer #10 · answered by Angie 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋