[Marsha] I'm with you, Chris. Much (not all) of what is called medical/medicine is a Capitalistic hoax, and the media is fully participating in perpetrating that hoax. I'll trust the medical establishment when it's primary function is prevention and healing rather than PROFIT.
[Krimel] The problem is that most of the people receiving treatment for serious and long term mental illness are not served in the for profit system. Most are without means and are unable to hold jobs long enough to receive insurance benefits. They are more likely to be indigent and or relying on Medicaid to pay for treatment. Many receive minimal stipends through Social Security disability. This is a complex issue and one that has along history. Even in the 1700s there were periods of enlightened treatment and periods of merely warehousing the mentally ill. Today partly because of the public expense of mental hospitals, partly as a result of successful medications and partly as a result of groups concerned with the civil rights of the mentally ill, facilities all over the country have closed their doors. It is now estimated at of the 700,000 homeless people in this country every day, some 30% are mentally ill. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
