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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

A Century of Mental Health Awareness Begins in 2008 with President Hillary Rodham Clinton

© 2007 Mark Robert Gates

I plan to make a part of our Democratic platform for 2008, be including of a blueprint for social progress in mental health awareness, and will require, Senator Clinton be elected president. My plan is to take all mental health funding from under, FSSA’s, umbrella, and combine it with all other federal mental health agencies, in its own agency, like our FDA. Our FDA, manages to operate pretty much free from politicks, and is not subject to every political whim and wind which blows by. Medicines would still be subject to approval by our present FDA, I would not try to duplicate our FDA. All other mental health practices can then be monitored for efficability, and combining these agencies should not cost more, since we are merely shifting personnel, and may even save costs in reducing redundancy.

Unfortunately, our current payment practices encourage maintaining people at a level where they constantly need day care, and continue returning to treatment, without achieving a state of wellness. Mental health care providers must, be paid only for, all achievable, positive results. Since, we know which practices work, there is a need for treating people, not just housing and maintaining people.

I often hear it said, “We now know what is wrong, if not how, and why. So, medications will keep getting better.” Most Americans, and our public officials, do not understand what this means. There is a real need for mental health awareness education. We need to begin as early as grade school, to teach people what proper treatment and therapy can accomplish. So we can significantly eliminate social stigma, in this decade. Then, people may be able to find a way to accept those with this, and any other disabilities, into our society.

“Christians” who claim to be pro-life, seem to place very little value on human life where mental illness, disability, or any physical imperfection exists, and treats these people like refuse. I shudder to think what degrading treatments, pro-life, until after birther’s, will provide, if Senator Clinton is not elected president. As, George W. Bush, commissioned a study on mental illness, a copy of which I still have, and Republicans have done very little since, except axe important programs.We need to have a no person left behind clause, for disabilities, in America, to remain a society of caring individuals.

-Mark Robert Gates

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