Re:In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban
by forensic on Friday August 12, 2011 @05:39AM
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A lack of mental health is exacerbated by the cuts to social services.
If mental health services were provided to the lower classes AT ALL we would not have these issues.
As it is the majority of the underclass suffers from multiple mental disorders and they cannot get treatment. Mental health treatment is very expensive and is not covered by the government.
Re:In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban
by arethuza on Friday August 12, 2011 @07:04AM
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"Mental health treatment is very expensive and is not covered by the government."
For people suffering from actual mental health problems I don't see why they can't get treatment from the NHS like everyone else - ability to pay not being a factor.
However, if by "mental health" you mean the feeling that people "deserve" new trainers/DVD player/etc. without doing anything to earn them I don't see why that is anything to do with the government.
Re:In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban
by jdietrich on Friday August 12, 2011 @11:00AM
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Mental health provision on the NHS is shockingly poor. Unless you end up hospitalised (which you really don't want to be), your choice is either pills or a six-month wait for six one-hour sessions of CBT. Community mental health services are massively underfunded and are struggling to keep up with even their highest-priority users - sufferers of schizophrenia and bipolar whose conditions could easily become fatal if mismanaged.
Re:In wake of riots, British PM proposes social media ban
by petercooper on Friday August 12, 2011 @09:34AM
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On the last paragraph, it isn't that people may feel they deserve certain things, but that they are willing to grossly violate the law and society's standards in order to fulfill them.
My favorite new politically correct euphemism for the motivation for theft.
Are you really claiming these riots aren't linked to the massive cuts to public services that happened during the last year?
No. But it seems like a leap of reasoning. Was Anders Brevik's rampage "linked" to an influx of immigrants into Norway? Again, a bit of a leap. In both cases I'd be more inclined to believe that the people involved lack sufficient mental health.
But sure, perhaps the daughters of millionaires, school staff, graphic designers, Olympic ambassadors, and law students who have faced the courts already are suffering at the hands of cuts. That's for the sociologists and rehabilitation officers to figure out in the months to come.