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Mental Health Information

Tobin S.

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2. We get very little good press.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Fri May 3, 2013, 04:30 PM

May 2013

How often do you here about a guy who has bipolar disorder overcoming his illness with proper treatment and going on to work his way through college while supporting a family? It probably doesn't happen in the majority of cases, but I know it happens a great deal more than a guy who has bipolar disorder killing a bunch of little kids.

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National effort for mental health funding...the right thing for the wrong reason [View all] HereSince1628 May 2013 OP

*sigh* Neoma May 2013 #1

We get very little good press. Tobin S. May 2013 #2

We are now "the dangerous people" in the phrase HereSince1628 May 2013 #3