Mental health system in trouble, new survey says
Submitted on November 12, 2003 - 1:00am.
Ruxandra Giura - Fall 2003
WASHINGTON – Community leaders are more worried about the status of the mental health system than the general public, according to a new nationwide survey released Monday by the Campaign for the Mind of America.
“Americans are rightly concerned about the inadequacy of health care in our country, but one part of the health care that is dramatically worse than the rest” is the mental health care system, said Richard C. Birkel, executive director of NAMI – the Nation's Voice on Mental Illness. “We're still in the free fall. The situation is a national, even international, disgrace and increasingly dangerous.”
“Americans are rightly concerned about the inadequacy of health care in our country, but one part of the health care that is dramatically worse than the rest” is the mental health care system, said Richard C. Birkel, executive director of NAMI – the Nation's Voice on Mental Illness. “We're still in the free fall. The situation is a national, even international, disgrace and increasingly dangerous.”
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