Burning man at Trump trial
With news of a man setting* himself on fire and now in critical condition, what are your thoughts on this?
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Ynotisay · M
@JSul3 I'm not sure I agree with that. There's more accessibility now than there ever has been. By far. But you can open all the doors and unless people walk in then it's a moot point. This guy went down a rabbit hole and I'm 100% sure he didn't see himself as having a mental health issue. He was convinced of his own reality.
JSul3 · 70-79
@Ynotisay No doubt it was his choice, but what has his mental state been for the last year(s)? Did he have any relatives or friends...or doctors...that have any input on him?
Compared to most other high-income countries, the U.S. has a smaller total supply of mental health workers, with 105 professionals per 100,000 people. Canada, Switzerland, and Australia have approximately twice that number of mental health workers.....so we have a shortage of healthcare workers, doctors, nurses. Not good!
The United States ranks 29th in the world in prevalence of depressive disorders, with a rate of about 5%, or about 15 million Americans, estimated to have some form of depression. It is the largest country on the top 30 list of countries with the highest depression rates.
For 'the richest country in the world' the US falls short in many areas of importance to citizens.
Compared to most other high-income countries, the U.S. has a smaller total supply of mental health workers, with 105 professionals per 100,000 people. Canada, Switzerland, and Australia have approximately twice that number of mental health workers.....so we have a shortage of healthcare workers, doctors, nurses. Not good!
The United States ranks 29th in the world in prevalence of depressive disorders, with a rate of about 5%, or about 15 million Americans, estimated to have some form of depression. It is the largest country on the top 30 list of countries with the highest depression rates.
For 'the richest country in the world' the US falls short in many areas of importance to citizens.
Ynotisay · M
@JSul3 Because I dig data what I came across is 268 mental health providers per 100K people in the U.S. And what is mental health? Does being manipulated to believe in lies count? If so, I could point to most any hardcore MAGA as suffering from mental health issues. Sometimes people go off the deep end. And there's a lot of reasons for it. Maybe it's mental health but maybe it's other things. The upside here is that he decided to take himself out instead of a lot of innocent people. I'm not being cold and heartless about this. But the knee jerk 'mental health' argument is the immediate go to on a host of issues. Maybe it was in this case. And if had anyone around him who was decent and sane, I'm very sure they encouraged him to talk to someone. But you can only lead a horse to water...you know?
JSul3 · 70-79