As of right now, this is one of the final pieces of this project. For it, I've decided to collect some quotes that I feel fit well with my topic and fit with what I learned from my articles:
This quote, by Margaret Larson, a therapist in the UK, speaks quite directly about the stigma faced by people who have to deal with mental illness, but it also speaks about how everyone can be affected by it, like family and friends. It's really quite profound to really think about how many people we know suffer from some type of mental illness. I can guarantee that many would know quite a few. It's even more powerful to think that people are not getting the help they need, either because of stigma or inadequate services being offered.
This quote, by Kevin Alan Lee, is exactly what my topic is about: the failure of our mental health services in treating people when they can be helped in someway. This is a disturbing trend I have witnessed through my research with this project. When most speak of this topic, it is mostly about the stigma preventing people from seeking proper treatment, but that is simply only part of the issue. We have reached a point where we are stagnating in such a field.
This quote speaks to another part of why our mental health system isn't what it should be. This woman's words say to me that we are not educating people enough on what mental illness looks like--what it feels like. We expect to feel a sudden change, like the flip a switch, but that is simply not the case in most instances. That is why we must better not only the care but the education.
Finally, we have a quote from former president Bill Clinton. No truer words have been spoken about the current situation in America regarding our mental health services.
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