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This video clip is from the CBS show 60 Minutes. This piece aired last night (Sunday - 1/26/14) and highlights some interesting components of mental illness and mental health.
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well this is depressing, but it's sadly true. people just don't want to talk about it, if it is out of sight it's out of mind.
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ReplyDeletei honestly felt bad for these kids and young adults that suffer from this illness because it is hard for me to sympathize and i dont really understand how awful it feels. I think that keeping the money and care in place is needed because it can save these kids lives.
I was disappointed and sad by all of it. I just really didn't know what to think or how to react.
ReplyDeleteWith what these people are going through already, there should be places to go and that help them more. Hospitals help, but not enough, there needs to be more dedicated places that focus on helping these people before its too late.
ReplyDeleteAs someone whom has had to deal with the unorganized state of emergency psychiatric care, I understand how it is to deal with something like this. The insurance companies act without care for the child in question. The way I see it, there should be closer, better care for children with mental disorders and their families.
ReplyDeleteI was honestly amazed at the fact that as a country we have completely pushed out those with a mental illness. Not only do they not have a guarantee that they will be able to be treated in a hospital due to lack of beds available, the insurance companies push them out as fast as possible. This only causes them to have to come back at a later date in a worse state, considering that there is no where to go after they are released from the hospital but home. I hope that soon we are able to focus more on what the people need and not so much the amount of money it is to give them what they need. I feel like this gentleman is doing the right thing in trying to use his son as something to learn from and to have help make some changes rather then blaming him. I actually really liked this video.
ReplyDeleteI thought this story was extremely sad, but I do like how the Senator uses the power he has in the government to aid people who need psychiatric help.
ReplyDeletePeople change drastically when they become mentally ill. I was very surprised that this dad had absolutely no anger or hurt towards his child. He blamed it on the people who would take him in. I give him a lot of credit for that. The support group also made a good point about the Sandy Hook incident. The boy who hurt all of those people was not right in the head. I'm glad that they see a different side to the situation rather than bashing the boy. I mean, yes he did hurt all of those innocent little kids... but it could have been prevented if people cared more and helped the mentally ill. If someone were to tell me that my child wouldn't hurt himself/herself and they end up taking the lives of themselves or others, I would have a big problem with that person or organization.
ReplyDeleteI feel terribly sorry for these people and I wish there were more ways people could help them with this awful disease. There needs to be more ways to help people before it could get worst.
ReplyDeleteThe video was really sad and it brought up something that you never think about or really hear people talk about. It's too bad that it had to end the way it did for Gus and his family.
ReplyDeleteI think that people with these severe mental illnesses deserve and need more help than they get.
ReplyDeleteThis was so sad. There should be more ways to help these people than what they get. I don't even know what i can say about it.
ReplyDeleteThe United States and its people need to invest more into mental health treatment so people can have their mental illness treated. Treatment will help stop dangerous situations from happening.
ReplyDeleteI am not only saddened by the tragedy, but by our Nation's lack of concern for mental illness. Mental illness is such a serious issue that is too often pushed aside as 'Oh you're just sad' or 'You're just having a bad day', when in all reality it is severe depression, anxiety or even something like schizophrenia. Many cases like this one would be prevented if the government and everyone as individuals took these things more seriously. I loved this video because not only is it eye opening for a issues in caring for and treating mental illness, but also it shows a man that understands and continually loves his son. He understood that his son was ill, and he wants everyone to learn from his experience.
ReplyDeleteI think it is a very sad thing that people with mental illness are only covered for a short time. The insurance company should be looking at the long term affect to see if they will be a danger to themselves or anybody else. The fact that over 4 million dollars have been cut by states from mental illness in absurd. Those people are only going to hurt something.
ReplyDeleteIt really upsets me that there was no hospital bed for Gus. Like couldn't they just use another bed from a different part of the hospital? Another thing that really upsets me is that states have cut $4.5 billion from mental healthcare funding. Mental illness is real, and it's extremely dangerous.
ReplyDeleteThis was so sad. I think there needs to be more buildings and people that study mental illnesses and study how to treat them properly. The US needs to focus more on mental illnesses.
ReplyDeleteThis video was really depressing. The fact that people with these illnesses don't get the right amount of help is really frustrating to me. If the government would take more time focusing on the small amounts of people with these conditions they could change how others can see the world as well.
ReplyDeleteI felt that people with mental disabilities should be able to be helped more than they are right now. If they got more help they would be less likely to harm themselves or others.
ReplyDeleteI was really sad. I think people like that should be able to get help easily
ReplyDeleteThat's intense. It's sad to begin with, that people have these problems... but i feel that there should be more help. Not just certain places that cost a lot of money for these people to go get help.
ReplyDeleteI think it's horrible how people treat mental illness here. They try to act like it's not real despite all this stuff happening. I think we should increase our funding for mental illness treatment, especially because it's gotten worse, not better, over the years.
ReplyDeleteI think its very sad that mentally disabled people don't get the help that they need. The insurance company should let them stay a lot longer than just a couple of days before getting discharged. They don't know what this person is capable of without being watched or monitored by nurses.
ReplyDeleteThis perfectly exemplifies a problem I have been telling people about for months now ever since the Sandy Hook shooting. IN looking into that, it turns out that Adam Lanza had been taken by his mother to get help, but was told that until he did anything violent they couldn't prove that he was violent. The mental health system in America has been crippled by an obsession with privacy for those with mental illness. While privacy is something incredibly important to the American system, it needs to be put on the back burner when the safety of the general public, and the mentally ill individual themselves, comes into danger. You can't help someone if they're already dead or on death row.
ReplyDeleteThis video really shows how America, as well as insurance companies, just sweep mental illness under the rug, as if it could be forgotten about. Whether we want to realize it or not, mental illness is everywhere, and if we don't allow medical care to those who need it, we are truly failing. It is really admirable, however, how Senator Deeds doesn't feel hurt or any negative emotion towards his son, because he has come to accept that Gus wasn't the person that attacked him, that if he would have been able to get proper care, that could have been easily avoided. It's crazy to think how many tragedies could have possibly been avoided if we had a mental health system that succeeded more often.
ReplyDeleteI think it's crazy has someone can act completely normal and have a mental illness without people knowing. I think that Doctors should listen to the parents more than they do, at least as it seems.
ReplyDeleteI never knew that people with mental disabilities was treated this way. I always thought that they were helped. But the fact that someone would have to give their child over to state for them to get help is horrible. We have to do better America.
ReplyDeleteI feel like people with mental health issues need to be able to get the help they need more easily and more quickly. Insurance needs to start paying for more than just a night because some people need more help than that but cant afford it. Not having enough beds is a serious problem because that means that cases like this one have to happen that shouldnt.
ReplyDeleteI believe that mental illnesses have a huge impact in modern society. If these people had easy access to some sort of treatment, some of these tragedies would never happen. Governments around the world need to realize that these illnesses can not only harm the general public but also harm the life's of the people who have these illnesses. Mental health illnesses have finally begin to be taken more seriously but only after the deaths of innocent people.
ReplyDeleteIts disappointed that people with mental illnesses arent getting the help they need. Theyre people too and the deserve respect and not get kicked out of the hospital because their insurance doesnt cover it. It makes me sick that these people arent getting the help they rightfully deserve.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, I believe that mentally ill patience should be treated with as much attention as patiences with cancer. It isn't fair for the parents of the patient to feel like they can't get the help they need. I agree with the woman that said the people don't have as much sympathy for people with mental illness like they do with people that have cancer or some other disease. I believe that if there was more help for people that have mental illness then things like the Sandy Hook incident would be less likely to occur.
ReplyDeleteI don't think that patients get the care that they need. Lately the spread of mental health awareness have grown quite significantly but that's good. I honestly had no idea they treated them like this. If a patient is taking drugs for a health issue or is having to stay 12 days in the hospital, then they obviously need more treatment then just drugs.
ReplyDeleteIt is surprising that people don't have more concern for the mentally ill, because that is probably more common than other diseases. I assumed there were more facilities but they were more secluded. My mom is a nurse and she applied at Two Rivers, which is a facility around here for mentally ill youth, so it's comforting to know we have local help. However, I'm sure many parents neglect to give their kids the attention they need.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Gus' dad was very understanding and it was inspirational that he realized Gus did that due to the illness, and loved him even when he received hate in return.
I think that if someones in the hospital for more then 12 days they obviously need more help then it appears. The system needs a major change or things are going to keep getting worse and things like this are just going to keep happening.
ReplyDeleteI think insurance should have bigger budgets for mental illness so no patient can be turned away from care because of inability to pay. Mental illness is just as serious as any other illness. A lot of tragedies could be prevented with the right care.
ReplyDeleteI feel really bad for the parents and families of people with mental illnesses. They have to go through so much just to get the proper care for their child, yet half of the time they can't even get that. Mental illness is a serious thing that too many people look over as not being that big of a deal; but without care, it can be very dangerous to them as well as those around them.
ReplyDeleteWatching this made me really aware of something I always knew was going on and always knew was a problem but, I just didn't know the extent of it. Its appalling to me that there is so much lack or funding and beds for mental illness it's ridiculous. This new knowledge makes me want to become a psychiatrist. I've always wanted to help people but I never knew where I wanted to help people. Clearly this is the field that needs the most help.
ReplyDeleteI think it's good that the senator used that experience and his son's case to try and make a change. Even though it's sad something like that had to happen before someone took the action to try and make a change. I also agree the time people with mental illnesses should be able to stay in the hospital should be longer, because numerous people could be in danger by letting them out before they're actually better. Insurance should also start covering long term recovery for these patients.
ReplyDeleteWatching this video was depressing while informing me about problems that I didn't know about or want to have in my life. This problem is something that is definitely caused by money. And the corruption of the insurance companies. While most of us knew that there were problems like this, I didn't know that it went to this extent.
ReplyDeleteI think that when you enter a Hospital in those conditions you deserve immediate mental/physical care. Regardless of the shortage of people, not enough insurance etc, everyone should have the right to be helped if there is an illness present. It is sad to think that these kids go through so much then to top it off they can't even get the help that they need. Things need to change because every illness is important along with every person.
ReplyDeleteIt shocks me that the mentally ill don't have a place to go to be safe. I mean it work before why all of sudden are the no more institutions. They are in danger of hurting themselves or other people , because of the cycle of hospital then back home. Parents aren't equipped to deal with these sort of things.
ReplyDeletethe government should provide more facilities or care for the safety of the ill person and their families. i don't think they are aware of how dangerous someone can be if they dont get the help they need. 6 hours isnt enough to help a person the laws should be changed. parents aren't equipped to deal with these sort if things.
ReplyDeleteIf insurance companies would allow patients a longer stay in mental facilities then there would probably no be as many school shootings, and tageties that involve killings. I honestly think that if a patient seeks help and insurance denies that help, and the patient goes and committs a crime, that the insurance company should be taking the blame, not the patient.
ReplyDeleteI think that Mental illness that goes on untreated could become a very dangerous thing. People can even hide their mental illness making it hard to see danger. There should be a lot more effort put into this kind of care, To the point where they go out and look for people with mental illness and give them aid.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a perfect example of how are government does not know how to address and solve problems, or even realize the problems at hand. They have the power to create ways to help these people. But if funding keeps getting cut back on vital services like these then numbers of people will continue to get hurt, and hurt themselves, because they wont be getting the help and treatment that they need.
ReplyDeleteI just wonder how the doctor who diagnosed him as not being suicidal feels now that Gus has completed suicide. I never really thought to much about mental illness like this to the extreme, but i now have some new insight that i didn't have before. Something i didn't understand or wasn't sure if i even believed in, so this was great, as in a learning something new everyday.
ReplyDeletePeople who have mental illness' should be given the same treatment as people with cancer. They are just as 'troubled' as the cancer patient, but the cancer patient gets the insurance coverage. Insurance should cover all ill patients the same, it should be unconstitutional for them not to do that
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to see how people with mental disabilities are treated.
ReplyDeleteI think that people left untreated could be dangerously deadly, it shows here when he attacked his own father because he wasn't able to get a bed. The shortages of mental health hospitals is bad, and I believe that the government needs to fund it more or more and more cases of this will happen. Its hard to fight against mentally ill people because they have voices inside of their head as they all say. Its a scary thought knowing that some of these people will never get the help they need.
ReplyDeletei think mental illness is highly underestimated by authorities. If mental illness was treated like a terminal illness and not just a 1 time thing, harmful circumstances would be prevented.
ReplyDeleteI think if a person is mentally ill they should have the resources and environment to stay at as long as they want or need to heal and become better before being put back on there own .
ReplyDeleteI think that if some one is ill, than you need to keep them in the hospital and try to get that person safe from their selves and their families.
ReplyDeleteI think this is messed up because not only is this dangerous for the public its dangerous for themselves. If these insurance companies would insure these people with this problem then i think the problem with school shootings and all this crime would go down.
ReplyDeleteI think if a person is mentally ill they should have to stay in the hospital until they are well and ready to be released, it puts others in danger when they are released.
ReplyDeleteMental illness is something that is completely overlooked in the world; even tho it majorly effects the person beyond anything. It makes me mad knowing that there is more funding for military than mental health. The mentally ill should have the resources and care they need to live or to get better.
ReplyDeleteMental illness is a growing problem that people seem to ignore. It's sad to know that funds are being cut from institutions to treat these patients when they are still suffering. If a person is mentally ill, they should be taken care of thoroughly before going out in public and putting everyone in danger.
ReplyDeleteI think more than anything, we need to work toward opening more facilities to house these people who need help. Depending on an emergency room doesn't really work, they become over crowded and usually patients do not get the care they need. A person needs to decide when they're ready to go back to their homes, I don't think the hospital should get to choose this for them.
ReplyDeleteI think that hospitalization should be funded for the mentally ill before this gets any worse and more lives are in danger. You can never tell when something could happen and it could get intimidating at times, it's better safe than sorry so might as well put some more support into it if it means saving the lives of families.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything said in this video. My brother has mental health issues and we barely get any help from the state which really damages how my family lives because we have to pay for most of it. He has had many of the same problems that gus had and that's really scaring me.
ReplyDeleteThis video was shocking! My mom is a psychologist so I have never treated mental illness as a joke. In this video it really opened my eyes to the fact that we as a country think mental illness is not something we should fun or even pay attention to. My heart is heavy for these families whose insurance won't cover their children for more than a couple days at a time. I know that we all want to think that these cases have got to have something to do with the way these children are parented to some degree. However mental illness is something a parent can't fully treat themselves and it was just saddening to see that there is a shortage in psychiatrists that could potentially help them.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who is "mentally ill", I disagree with the mentality that everyone with a mental disorder is dangerous. There are many, many different types of mental disorders, and since the public is not very educated on these disorders, it makes the people who have them feel misunderstood and unable to talk about it. And not everyone with a mental disorder is a danger to themselves and other people. They need help, they need understanding and support, not to be locked up in hospitals until they're not "dangerous" anymore. Clearly we need to educate the public more on mental disorders, based on some of these comments.
ReplyDeleteI found it sad and surprising that that many people couldn't get help. I was also surprised by how much money had been cut for mental illness. They should be able to stay in the hospital until the medics and parents are for sure that their patients/kids are safe. The mentally ill should be able to get all the help they need. There shouldn't that much of a shortage.
ReplyDeleteI think it's sickening the way insurance companies kick mental patients out after a few days. I think that if they had more time, or even the hospital's if they had more beds for psychiatric patients i think a lot of these violent cases never would have happened.
ReplyDeleteThe effect of not having funding to treat mental patients is sad. It should be addressed because deaths are occurring as a result, and the government's job is to protect the rights and safety of it's citizens.
ReplyDeleteI found it to be a very interesting video. It's interesting to see how people wit mental health issues get treated. Makes you wonder if they had a bed available for his son would he have killed someone. Hard to tell, but i liked the video and the facts they pointed out.
ReplyDeleteI think that hospitals need more beds for mental patients. People who have mental issues need to have the attention needed for recovery and by shortening that time, they are putting themselves and the patient at risk. I also think we should consider more funding to treat these patients.
ReplyDeletei think hospitals should provide for mental patients better then they already are, they need more attention and care.
ReplyDeleteI think that patients with a mental illness need more attention and care. Its sad that some of these families only get a couple of days covered from their insurance when their kids need all the help that they can get.
ReplyDeletePatients with mental illnesses shouldn't all be considered dangerous, There could be a mental illness with no severity. Yes, the ones who are dangerous do need more attention and care. This article is so sad, people avoid topics like these because they don't want to come to realization things like this actually happen. It should be illegal for insurance companies to kick mental patients out like that, because if they back out on a family and the family can't afford it then the mental patient goes untreated when could potentially be harmful.
ReplyDeletepatients with mental illness should have more attention payed to them. they think different from a normal person. its best for both parties
ReplyDeleteThis was a very depressing clip and it was sad to watch what all the people had to go through.
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