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General Interest => Open Free for All => Topic started by: hanzomon4 on April 22, 2007, 12:08:28 PM

Title: Mentally ill losing rights, I think...
Post by: hanzomon4 on April 22, 2007, 12:08:28 PM

I'm terrified with what I'm seeing on tv and reading in newspapers. People are starting to advocate for less rights for the mentally ill. Forced drugging involuntary confinement, and unequal access to an education are all things that I have seen discussed in the news.

Fine line of protecting mentally ill (http://http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/fortwayne/news/local/17115130.htm)

Laws on mentally ill endanger the rest of us - Chicago Sun-times (http://http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/351716,CST-EDT-REF21a.article)

PATIENTS' RIGHTS VS. PUBLIC SAFETY (http://http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/04/22/MNGEMPDE6V1.DTL)

I found these articles after watching the Sunday morning political news shows(Meet the Press, Face the nation, that one on abc) were most of the people blamed the rights of the mentally ill on this shooting.

This freaks me out because I suffer with mental illness, OCD, Tourette's syndrome, and the dreaded Clinical Depression. I'm almost in school and I need to find a job, what happens when I'm viewed as a dangerous mentally ill menace instead of just quiet and intelligent?

Title: Mentally ill losing rights, I think...
Post by: try another castle on April 22, 2007, 07:04:35 PM

I'm with you on this, as I suffer from bipolar disorder. This frightens me. I certainly don't want to have to disclose this information when I look for a job! It's nobody's business!!!