How can we remove the stigma of mental health?

January 24, 2010 by  
Filed under Mental Health

mental health

Most people who have a diagnosis of a mental health brain disorder are not criminals unlike TV or the Movies show.
I feel that it is the last stigma.
You can be Gay, have AIDS/HIV now; even at one time having cancer was not discussed.. But dare admit that you on medication for depression or such.
I have lost friendships because of my disclosure of having depression.
The support and understanding of family and friends helps a lot. As we can not just snap out of it without help. It is a disease, a chemical imbalance and a life that has just to many bad events happen to them .
I hope with Owen Wilson’s disclosure that it will help a little more to acceptance and understanding.

If our Medical Technology is so advanced.how come there is no cure for a simple flu?

May 4, 2009 by  
Filed under Medical Technology

medical technology

I always read our medical technology is way advanced but how come we still havent found the cure for diseases such as Cancer, HIV, Diabetes, and now the swine Flu ?