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Mental Health in the U.S. - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Movie did a good job portraying the effects of his illness in his relationship and everyday life.
  - - - Movie did a good job portraying his struggles and recovery of his illness and how it affected his family and career.
  - - - in May 2013, a Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel wrote, "Triple Homicide Suspect Long Struggled with Mental Illness."
- - - - social media (Facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc) also has a dark side; studies documented that social media use promoted distorted body self-image (a component of eating disorders)
        
        on the other hand, some web-based interactive services have shown to be effective in helping to treat certain mental illness, especially anxiety disorders
  - - - still have a way to go
  - - - Big stars were named, such as Adele, Kanye West, and Selena Gomez
        
        Selena Gomez, at an American Music Awards stated, "I was absolutely broken inside... if you are broken, you don't have to stay broken." This implored her fans to seek treatment if needed.
- - - - you can find better health care in incarceration than you would in the community
  - - - as a result, prisons became the new asylums
- - - - Gabor Mate, MD states that the best place for a person with schizophrenia in the world is not North America but Africa or India where there is acceptance, they make room for your differences, connection is not broken but maintained, and that you are not excluded and ostracized but where you are welcomed.
  - - - Robert Whitaker wrote about how depression = low serotonin and schizophrenia = high dopamine. he wanted to find answers about it but was told that it was just a "metaphor" and that it isn't really true
  - - - his therapist recommended that he go to a clinic in San Francisco and was told by a psychiatrist that he had schizoaffective disorder which is a combination of the criteria for schizophrenia and the criteria for bipolar disorder
        
        overall, he is not against medications, doctors, or hospitals since he knows that it has benefited many people; however, there is a one size fits all framework and it is thought that the issue is biological and the solution is medical and pharmaceutical and it is seen as an objective science when it is not.
- - - - 3-5% of violent acts can be attributed to mental disorders
        
        people with mental disorders are 10x more likely to be the victim of violent crimes
  - - - it is more expensive to put someone in prison than Harvard tuition. it is much less expensive to provide housing and to provide adequate treatment
  - - - all these diagnoses comes from a DSM book known as Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association