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Even though mental illness is a common problem it's handled very poorly. People with mental illness struggle to get help for a variety of reasons. They lack the money to pay for therapy and the support they need.

Mental health definitely needs funding. A lack of funding will result in higher poverty and an increased suicide rate among the disabled. Not too long ago the mentally ill were put in asylums. Being someone who has Asperger's Syndrome I have experienced shutdowns and anxiety. At my last college I was unofficially withdrawn. When I have anxiety I often cannot leave my bedroom and school has become very difficult.

The main reason many do not seek professional help is not due to money, but the stigma that society places on someone with mental illness. Suffering in silence is a common way to handle the disease. Many also self medicate with alcohol and drugs. There is free help out there, just have to look for it. Catholic Family Services and Christian Church groups are there to those who ask for the help. The first step is to ask.

As this title indicates, this article details various barriers to mental healthcare access in America. Among these barriers are financial challenges, lack of healthcare professionals, and social stigma surrounding mental illness.

I too enjoyed this article. As I'm aspiring to be a psychiatrist, issues such as these are very important to me, especially considering that I have suffered from mental illness as well. There are indeed many stigmas that surround mental illness, and we as a society are just barely beginning to understand the sensitive nature of these illnesses, as well as how to effectively treat them.

Thank you for sharing this article! I believe it's important to understand why it's so hard for so many people to get treatment for mental illness. It's not as easy as go to the gym or just don't think about it. It's important to get rid of the stigma and economic barriers that surround mental illness and treatment.

This article is about discrimination against mentally ill people in the workplace. It includes negative experiences of those who have mentioned their illness during interviews, and those who are already employed.

I do have a problem with this because I have Asperger Syndrome. I do hear of some getting fired just because of their disability. I would never want to get fired because of a disability. If they did that to me, I'm hiring a lawyer. I'm sure that I'd win the case because they would find it as discrimination.

People with mental illnesses should not be treated differently, they did not ask to be born with an illness it just happens. Humans should be look for more ways to help people then discriminate them. It saddens me that mental illnesses seem to be frowned upon more then saying you have been to jail.

This site tackles the sensitive subject of mental illness and the negative stigmas that often follow. It briefly touches on how despite years of research people with mental illness are often still perceived as weak. It delves into people refusing treatment because of feeling ashamed of being mentally ill and also explains how negative stereotypes of mentally ill persons can negatively impact their self-perception. The article also talks about how to appropriately manage stigmas that often revolve around mental illness.

How mental illness should be impacting gun legislation. Not a gun issue, a mental illness issue.

America's mental health is becoming an epidemic, yet funding for mental health is at an all time low. States are cutting funding for mental healthcare, in order to save money, yet when they do this they do not understand the repercussions. Many of the mentally ill often end up on the streets, jail or dead. When mental health is not treated we end up with many tragic events such as the 2012 Auroa shooting

This article talks about the effects of mental illness on the people suffering with it as well as families. It talks about how budget cuts mean less care for the sick and how that directly leads to more mentally ill people homeless, in jail, and dead. It also talks about how much money untreated mental health costs the US

How mental illness effects gun violence. It is not video games it is the untreated mentally ill.

Many doctors do not take mental illness as serious as they do a physical illness. They do not follow up with their mentally ill patients as much as they do with their physically ill patients. This is not a good trend because most patients seek help for their mental health with their primary doctor. Although experts are trying to curb this by suggesting that depression screenings are done with a persons physical exam.

Mental Illness and gun violence, out failing system.

Mental health is at a total decline, many high school and college students meet the standard for depression and an anxiety disorder. Studies were done and they showed a dramatic increase in mental illness over the last five decades. The increase in mental illness surprisingly had nothing to do with realistic dangers such as war. Anxiety and depression often correlate with a sense or lack of control

This article is an interview with Demi Lovato explaining her own issues with mental health. She also speaks about the stigma and more.

Mental health is more common than people realize. It's good to see more people advocating mental health issues in the public. It shows that you are not alone.

I'm glad they are starting to come out with campaigns to help people understand mental illness. These issues effect so many people and they don't feel they can talk about it.

In 2010, A report by the Treatment Advocacy Center discovered a seventeen percent decrease in the number of available psychiatric beds, and psychiatric facilities. The funding for mental health resources is still continuing to be cut. Back in 1955, there was more funding for the mentally ill, and more housing. Today, we are are given less than half of the funding we were then. We currently have 13 beds for 100,000 people. Where as in 1955 there were 50 beds for 100,000 people. The Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 is bringing the United States one step closer to providing more adequate help for the mentally ill. Such as, more funding for at risk populations.

Mental Illness are stereotyped daily. On this site it explains the stereotyping that goes on and how we should stop it by being educated about it.

Many homeless people who live out on the streets are victims of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. People who are mentally ill and homeless are among the hardest to treat, and government spending on homeless programs is expected to rise.

This post actually hits close to home for me, seeing as i am a psych major and i feel the same way about our homeless population. Many of them are made fun of or accused of being on drugs but what they do not realize is that many of them are acting that way because they are not on the medication that they require to function at a normal level.

This article really opens my eyes a bit about homeless people. I mainly believe that homeless people at times are just helpless and put themselves in a position that they cant return from, but this article says otherwise. It goes to show that not all of these homeless people are completely doomed, just some of them need to proper medical assistance to get them back on the right track and back into reality.

An article in the Huffington Post about the problems within our mental health system. Disscusses connections between mental and physical illness and the benefits of treating them together.

A lecture, which addresses mental health as a social issue. Discusses the mass suffering and stigma attached to mental illness.The cost to our economy and delayed treatment. The majority of public funding goes to treat psychosis, when there are so many more suffering from anxiety and depression.

Mental illness has a stigma attached to it and this article brings up good points that it is more so a public health issue. It discusses reasons why people do not want to address their own mental health issues, and also how those with mental health issues are effected in every day life.

A New Yorker article about whether primary care doctors should treat mental illness with the shortage of Psychiatrists available to meet demand.

Patrick W. Corrigan, Amy C. Watson, Peter Byrne, Kristin E. Davis, Mental Illness Stigma: Problem of Public Health or Social Justice?, Social Work, Vol. 50, No. 4, PROFESSIONAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (October 2005), pp. 363-368

This article quickly and directly answers the question whether mental illness can affect a person's employment. The author writes about how stigma can prevent people from obtaining jobs and possible ways to eradicate this problem.