'The Mislead Stigmatism of Mental Illness'

'I became enraged while indicant a excerpt from Payne County District attorney Rob Hudson. Hudson referred to a suspect who had been diagnosed as a paranoiac schizophrenic s tied(p)-spot years in front he eitheregedly shot an okey State University scholar from Enid on June 25, 1996. match to a explanation in the Sept. 24, 1997 Tulsa World, Hudson said, `You cant even walk raze the street or ride a bicycle without, in the back of your psyche thinking, I hope any(prenominal) jackass doesnt motion by with a gun.` Since October is National cordial Health cognisance Month, I shade it is my duty to distinguish a cognizant effort to squ be away Mr. Hudson and mass who are like him. enthrall dont get me wrong. I grieve for the dupes, including the student, dean Rogers, who was only 24 when he was killed. I grieve for his biking abetter _or_ abettor who was paralyzed straightway after a bullet punctured both of his lungs. only what Hudson apparently doesnt affirm is that we are all subject to the onset of psychic illness.\nAttorneys, psychiatrists, doctors and around anyone could develop schizophrenia or bipolar manic depression. It could be you. It doesnt give birth to be genetic. It is like cancer, a heart bang or AIDS. kind illness does not discriminate. There are, of course, people who are much susceptible to it. I dont believe the ` hombre` was part of a gang who measuredly killed someone as part of an initiation. He was a soulfulness who had no entertain over his actions at the time of the shooting. The `goofball` probably didnt have access to checkup care or a family or friends to care for him. At one point, I shared Hudsons ignorance concerning mental illness. That changed for me when someone I was close to put down prey to this all-too-common problem. I drove this victim to a psychiatric hospital where he voluntarily was admitted. Diagnosed with bipolar manic depression, dickens weeks later he left the hospital. It wa s twain months though beforehand he felt normal. There was no trace of this... '