The year 2020 has been very difficult for mental health. The pandemic, isolation and economic downturn has greatly increased depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. When we talk about real health care reform, we mean a major expansion of mental health services.
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Be careful with that one Senator. Big Pharma would love to take it over for you. The best mental health services are #Medicare4All, #CancelStudentDebt & easier access to education. Treat people’s despair by taking away their hopelessness; that’s the best mental health care of all

Nov 25, 2020 · 9:30 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
Yes, but lets not forget those with serious mental illness, e.g. psychotic disorders, require more intensive, specialist support also, not just an alleviation in their despair. We trivialise serious mental illness when we conflate it with deapair or lack of meaning.
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I agree with you although I don’t think it trivializes those disorders to point out the other issue. Both are very true and both are very real. Big Pharma has a beneficial place in treating the former, but has staked out a very illegitimate profit center overtreating the latter.
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
You make a good point Marianne but canceling student debt ain't gonna make my Bipolar disorder go away... Mental health isn't just hopelessness bro
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
Canceling student loan debt only helps the people who are more well off. You would need to do something for Blue collar America otherwise it will be a disaster
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
Add in a livable wage for the disabled too and millions of people will see mental health improve!
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
That’s part of it but not all of it.
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Lol what a white wash response
Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
Cue all the comments from people who lack reading comprehension and will accuse of you stigmatizing mental illness & vilifying appropriate use of medication Bc they refuse to have a nuanced conversation about mental health & Big Pharma... 😑
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
I think people should be smoking more Marijuana too. Those flowers that GOD put on the Earth are pretty good anti-depressants. Biden should legalize Marijuana ASAP!
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Replying to @marwilliamson @BernieSanders
Education costs need to be fixed, but student debt shouldn't be canceled without a program in place to reflect the needs of the labor market. The country can't be throwing money at people who took on debt to attend 100K art schools in NYC while we need doctors and engineers.
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