I would bet you dollars to donuts that the Left's answer to today's increased Mental health problems, is free mental healthcare for all.
This is the extent of Democrat wisdom when it comes to most issues. Their answer is most times some form of Socialism.
What I see today from most Doctor's treating mentally ill patients, is prescribing drugs. They drug the person up, sometimes to such an extent that he looks and acts like a person void of emotion.
Have you noticed how they give some medical name for everything today. What we once called a spoiled child, and in great need of tough love and spankings, is no longer the case. There is now an acronym for his condition... ADD, ADHD, BP, BPD, etc. etc.
Don't forget that most of the Left is void of simple wisdom when it comes to disciplining our children. They are opposed to spanking, calling it abuse! Then they wonder why our children are so spoiled and acting up in school, in public, etc.
I know from the experience of raising my kids, that the temper tantrums ended after the spankings began, and there were few repeat tantrums after the spanking. They were magically CURED from their ADD, ADHD, etc.
I diagnosed their emotional disorder with the acronym "SPOILED" :)
My child's Attention Deficit Disorder was magically cured after a spank on their rear. I realize this is not always the case, and that there are kids with real problems not cured from simple discipline. But I also know for sure that many of these children labeled with some acronym, simply needed some discipline and love. (love being the most important)
I always like to try and get down to the core reasons why things happen in life.
I have noticed an increase in mental illness over these past decades, and ask myself what has changed to create this. The answer from the Left is always the same. They say we have always had the same percentages of people with mental issues, but people did not talk about it back then.
If that is the case, why were there fewer children acting up in school? It's no coincidence that there was more discipline in schools back then, and dare I say, spankings? Why were there no mass school shootings back then? If we have always had mental illness problems, why were there no mass school shootings decades ago?
I believe increased usage of drugs in today's culture is one cause of increased mental illnesses. Mother's who took drugs during pregnancy could be one reason why so many kids are having emotional issues today.
What does the Left want to do? Legalize even hard drugs! Get more drugs in the hands of families! Now there's some wisdom...NOT!
The increase in BP, ADD, etc. could also have to do with the record numbers of broken families and the stress put on children. Children need to be loved by a mother and father at home, and they need to feel loved.
One thing I know for sure, is that free socialized healthcare for all the ADD's in the world is not the answer. We will just become a society of people walking around all drugged up.
One very important last thing... Doctors tell us that drugs prescribed for depression and other mental illnesses have many negative side effects. They can cause suicidal tendencies (which we are seeing in much larger numbers). They can cause anger as we are seeing in these mass shootings, along with a host of other problems.
Drugs being today's quick fix to all these emotional disorders, could actually play a large part in the increased occurrences of suicides and rage.
