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John Fielding,
CEO
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It is likely that medications for people with severe mental illness are going to be targeted through several cost and utilization control strategies employed by Medicaid.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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It is discriminatory to require people with a diagnosis of mental illness to take medication when no such requirement is imposed on other groups who may present a greater risk to others such as alcoholics and drug addicts or a serious risk to themselves such as diabetics.
If mental illness is identical to physical illness, wouldn't it make sense to say cancer and diabetes are the same as schizophrenia and drug addiction?
But it is important to realize that mental illness and substance abuse often are disorders that the adolescent cannot take control of without professional help.
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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Despite this advancement, persons with severe mental illness suffer stigma and discrimination by an unwitting society that views mental illness in a different light than physical illness.
At a time when American citizens are being urged to do away with the stigma of mental illness and to voluntarily seek treatment for emotional difficulties, it becomes particularly important to ensure that people are able to do so without surrendering their fundamental rights.
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Adam Findley,
Professional Motivator
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This negligence was exacerbated by the stigma attached to mental illness, which inhibits discussion of mental ill health, drug treatments and their associated risks.
Dalhousie Psychiatry is collaborating with the Canadian Mental Health Association to develop a mental health education curriculum for secondary schools, to increase awareness of psychiatric illness, reduce stigma and encourage young people to seek help.
Mental Health Ireland aims to promote positive mental health and to actively support persons with a mental illness, their families and carers by identifying their needs and advocating their rights.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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National Stigma Clearinghouse Jean Arnold and Nora Weinerth created the National Stigma Clearinghouse to track stigmatizing stereotypes of mental illness and to provide information about stigma to concerned activists.
There are compelling national statistics about the numbers of persons with mental illness and those dually diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse problems who are incarcerated.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Bush on Monday urged Congress to confront the stigma of mental illness by forcing health insurers to treat psychiatric and physical disease equally.
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