minds on edge: Facing Mental Illness A Fred Friendly Seminar

[@JamesRMeans]

Good discussion on a complicated subject. The balance between individual freedoms and benefits of society at-large must always be carefully debated. I believe the right people in the right positions throughout the mental health recovery process is paramount and overlooked. What care, and "what effectiveness" of care, has a patient experienced must always be evaluated, along with other traditional factors, when making important determinations about a patient's case.

[@lynnlynnson4921]

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[@brithomas3661]

Bless youuu

[@mcbrizzle081]

I love this video. It's a truly shocking and disturbingly true representation of the issues facing the American Mental Health system.

[@summerofplums]

I would like to hear more about the role of recreational drugs in triggering mental illness in young people. For example, in the case of "Olivia" we are not told whether her college experiences before her breakdown included drug use. The 2015 research from Kings College London (after this video was made) show that chronic cannabis use, for example, increases the risk of psychosis. The role of college administrators should be held more accountable in my opinion. When parents send their kids to college, they should be aware that as well as getting educated, they will be exposed to a free-for-all of recreational drug use, at exactly the age (18-24) when young people are most likely to develop mental illness.

[@JamesRMeans]

I see your comment was made before the new laws on recreational use has passed in many states, thus I suppose you are even more concerned in 2020. However, as a long time college student, I can tell you college administrators can not do much to curb drug use. It truly is a self-disciplinary issue, as is success in college generally. Having said that, if there are known "drug hot spots" that are being ignored, then the administration should certainly be held accountable.

[@terenzo50]

Olivia would be more likely to benefit from cannabis. If she's become manic, various kinds of amphetamines may be contributory to her condition.

[@judygayton5836]

This is LAUGHABLE. I thought it was at LEAST 20 or 30 years old. These incompetent practitioners are dangerous and hoping to set this woman up as a "crazy" consumer for life for THEIR financial benefit to her detriment. They pretend that they don't even know that a person who has not slept for days can experience a psychotic break, that is normal and temporary under the circumstances of the added stress of exams. These people are dangerously inept. She's NOT mentally ill; she needs SLEEP. If they dx'ed her as "manic" under these circumstances, it would be against the rules of the fraudulent DSM (which the AMA withdrew all funding for because it lacks a shred of scientific credibility. Yet this does not stop these unethical practitioners from misrepresenting (fraud) a false scenario to convince naive public into thinking this is a "mental illness" that if not drugged ($) and labelled for life now, that this women’s life will be ruined. Not true, no evidence whatsoever to support that. They are salivating to set her up for a lifelong label of "mental illness" and drugs. Medical Malpractice.

[@JamesRMeans]

Your concerns versus the people who truly need help is the entire issue. I assumed they skipped sleep, food and exercise for sake of the bigger issues that can develop. It is going to take great effort from us all to secure need care, and weed out the gross exploitation.