The United States faces significant challenges in mental healthcare, characterized by widespread misconceptions about mental illness and systemic failures in providing accessible and affordable treatment, ultimately leading to greater societal costs.
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when it comes to mental health the
United States has a long way to go from
caring for those with mental illness to
changing public perception and often we
get it so wrong here are four myths
about mental health in the US myth
number one mental illness is rare
actually one in four adults experiences
mental illness every year that includes
everything from depression to eating
disorders OCD and schizophrenia even
tobs like John Ham Lena Dunham and Lady
Gaga have spoken out about the
importance of addressing mental health
issues of their own bipolar depression
really got my life off track but today
I'm proud to say I'm living proof that
someone can live love and be well with
bipolar disorder when they get the
education support and treatment they
need myth number two if the mentally ill
just wanted help they could get it well
getting treatment in the US is not so
easy 90 million Americans live in places
without easy access to mental health
assistance between 2009 and 2012 States
cut $5 billion for mental health
services in 1950 there was one
psychiatric bed for every 300 Americans
and in 2010 that number was 1 in
7100 how did it get so bad in the 1980s
President Ronald Reagan nationalized a
trend that started in his home state of
California moving people out of Hospital
psychiatric boards Federal mental health
spending went down by 30% many were left
without proper care off often becoming
homeless or imprisoned today up to 30%
of homeless people have a serious mental
illness that's five times the rate in
the general population and there are 10
times as many mentally ill people behind
bars as in state hospitals myth number
three mentally ill people are violent
when we do talk about mental health in
the US it's often on the heels of
tragedies like murder the co-pilot who
crashed flight 9525 into the Alps
killing 149 people and himself had a
mental illness CBS News has learned that
James Holmes had seen at least three
mental health professionals Lanza had
significant mental health issues but
only 3 to 5% of violent acts in the
United States are committed by people
with serious mental illness in fact
people with mental illness are 10 times
more likely to be victims of violent
crimes than the rest of society and of
the 38,000 people who commit suicide
each year it's estimated that 90% have
had a mental illness and people with
serious mental illness die up to 20 3
years sooner than other Americans myth
number four fixing the system is just
too expensive well taxpayers actually
end up paying more for the consequences
of mental illness than they would for
preventative treatment for every $2 to
$3,000 spent each year on treating the
mentally ill $50,000 is saved on
incarceration costs so after all this
maybe it's the system that's truly insane
insane [Music]
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