I am
bombarded by seeing the vastness of the pain inflicted by mental
health. Just the other day, the mayor of a large local city was on
the news, openly discussing his young adult daughters battle with
depression and anxiety. She apparently was hospitalized during the
recent elections here in beautiful British Columbia. A lovely girl. I
invited him via letter to the suicide town-hall meeting we will be
having tomorrow, only if his daughter has supervision.
The
next item on the news, was about a 19 yr old, Nicholas, from
Newfoundland. He was a loving, caring and sweet boy according to his
mother's report who at some point stopped taking his medications. The
mom was unable to secure medication for her son, as he was past the
legal age limit, and she could not force her son to go to his
meetings, and see his doctor. He went off the rails and stabbed an 11
yr old boy in the throat, in St. John's who is now in a coma. The
mother indicated that she is unsure if any of the medications in-fact
has helped her son, who is awaiting trial.
The mother has now
gone to an international agency, I believe founded in the U.K.,
called “Hearing Voices Network”. They believe that there is too
much guesswork in mental health; they are not addressing the
cause of the symptoms, and too much emphasis on pills. This young man
has tried 4 different kinds. According to the spokesperson for
“Hearing Voices”, he says that “you don't have a headache
because you have a Tylenol deficiency.
Another
case was with a young woman who could not afford her psychosis
medication as she was awaiting ministry funds. A person in BC has to
show that they have sought after work for 1 month before they can
even apply for welfare. Thus, if there is no ministry funding for
housing, food and medicine, then all these patients fall by the
wayside. This young woman committed suicide, in the home of a man who
offered her shelter, and friendship.
Recently
three RCMP officers were killed and two people injured because of a man with
mental health issues, by the name of Bourque.
A
house party in Calgary resulted in 5 dead,due to a man with
paranoia.Calgary Cop's son charged with mass killing
http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/04/15/five-dead-in-stabbing-at-house-party-in-northwest-calgary
A
lady from my suicide walking group said that the prisons are full of
people with mental health issues. My eyes are open, the scales have
fallen off. What can we do, to change this?
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