Mental Illness in the United States and Government Policies

The US government has passed a number of bills and laws to protect the rights of people with mental illness and the surrounding people, but many aspects of the mental health program have many things to do. The government-funded program, the National Mental Disorders Alliance or NAMI, claims that despite the $ 978.4 million budget, the world of mental illness is still a serious financial shortage [1]. According to a recent study by the New England Journal of Medicine, psychosis has been shown to be one of the most resource-deficient conditions compared to social burdens [2].

The history of psychiatric disorders in the United States well reflects how trends in psychiatry and cultural understanding of psychiatric disorders affect attitudes towards national policies and mental health. It is believed that the United States has a relatively progressive mental health system, and the history and systematic status of its evolution will be discussed here. Many cultures believe that psychosis is a kind of religious punishment or possession of a devil. In ancient Egypt, India, Greece, Rome, psychosis was classified as a religious or personal problem. In the 5th century BC Hippocrates was a pioneer in the treatment of psychiatric patients but his skills are not rooted in religion and superstition, but changes in the environment, changes in the occupation of psychiatric patients, or specific substances as drugs I focused on the management of. In the Middle Ages, psychiatric patients were thought to have religious beliefs or need them.

Unfortunately, the negative attitude towards mental illness continued through the 21st century, and since the psychiatric patients were seen as a cause of gun violence, the US stigma of psychosis has increased. After 17 people were murdered in Parkland, Florida, students and young people throughout the United States responded strongly by requiring gun control. Do you know that one out of every five American adults has mental health problems? Most people with mental illness are not violent, only 3-5% of violence is due to people with severe mental illness. Only 1% of large shooting cases are related to people with severe mental illness. People with severe mental illness are more than 10 times more likely to be victims of violent crime