tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104692645589867745.post8781853532468022603..comments2024-03-23T07:44:23.999-06:00Comments on The Anarchist Soccer Mom: Next Topic: Mental Health (Again)Anarchist Soccer Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104642282433680432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104692645589867745.post-88828988833272659792014-01-17T21:11:47.864-07:002014-01-17T21:11:47.864-07:00I fully support Representative Tim Murphy's bi...I fully support Representative Tim Murphy's bill HR 3717, "Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act." CIT trained police officers, AOTs can help immensely in helping those who live with a serious mental illness get the proper medical treatment they desperately need. This bill will save dollars. It will also help the families to be proactive in the treatment of their loved one instead of being pushed aside and avoided by HIPAA laws, Imagine waiting in the emergency room to hear where and what treatment will be used for your adult child only to be told you are excluded from any information. This bill can and will save lives. Everyone needs to contact their Representatives in support of HR 3717. Thank you Representative Tim Murphy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16811672154788404092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104692645589867745.post-81421293898739355272014-01-07T11:57:34.676-07:002014-01-07T11:57:34.676-07:00Have only recently started reading Kristof. Have b...Have only recently started reading Kristof. Have been reading you over a year.<br /> Agree about the stigma and denial which I see as a secondary infection to a deep wound. Makes the sick sicker and the helper who may have only a scrape to start soon winds up with sepsis.<br /> This is what happens to parents who are stretched thin,insulted and overcharged,resulting in Depression, PTSD ,loss of identity. <br /> Most vulnerable time is before diagnosis and successful treatment. When help is delayed the parent suffers the stigma as resources dry up,money disappears and is labelled mentally ill. <br /> The antidote for this is compassion and acceptance. That, any one at time,some situation can occur that exceeds coping.Unfortunately,if issues exceeds 140 characters, lasts longer than 24 hrs, costs more than $20 compassion is short lived.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15874786836286512615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104692645589867745.post-37844283362079103942014-01-06T23:28:52.932-07:002014-01-06T23:28:52.932-07:00You make some excellent points. It seems to me muc...You make some excellent points. It seems to me much of the problem around stigma is this thing that seems to be almost innate in humans <br />-- dislike of anyone perceived to be different from self.Rubye Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511953177053448513noreply@blogger.com