Patrick Kennedy is making very good points about mental health on Rachel Maddow

[spooky3]

It's about time that people started talking about mental health intervention and the need for better care.

"When we see someone fall on the street, we go over to help them up. When someone seems to have a mental illness, often we turn away."

[Tx4obama]

1. Everyone should read the two page article on the link below with quotes from Patrick Kennedy

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47407.html

[spooky3]

2. good article - thank you.

[thaddeus_flowe]

3. very good article

“We’ve had a war on cancer, but never a war on Alzheimer’s. We’ve had a war on poverty, but never a war on Parkinson’s. As a result, progress has been painfully slow,” Kennedy told the researchers in San Diego.

even camelot dealt with mental illness.

jfk,rfk,emk's sister rosemary had a lobotomy at 23 and lived in an institution for the rest of her life.

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Kennedy

i'm optimistic that Patrick Kennedy is speaking out.

[jwirr]

4. Rosemary was diagnosed as developmentally disabled and not

mentally ill. The lobotomy was an experimental attempt to help that situation. It did not work. She lived in a private home owned by the family on the grounds of the institution for the rest of her life.