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Quigley, A. (2007). //Current Controversies: Mental Health//. San Francisco, CA: Thomson Gale.

1. 25% of women and 10% of men will be depressed in their lifetime. 2."Roughly one out of 12 teens suffers significant depression before the age of 18". 3. Girls are twice as likely as boys to get depression once they hit puberty. 4.Depression takes over life for weeks or months at a time and the victim feels almost constantly miserable. 5."A brains constant signal that it's under stress and needs more energy complicates the body's regulation of blood sugar." 6. Depression isn't always sadness. Some teens become irritable or complain about headaches or stomach pains. Energy, sleep and appetite are also effected. 7. Some depressed kids do poorly in school and may be seriously contemplating suicide. 8. "A recent survey estimated that nearly half of all Americans will suffer a mental illness during their lifetimes. 9. People who were considered insane in the 20th century were forced to have sterilizations and lobotomies and were not allowed to legally marry as late as 1933. 10. "Studies have found that at least 40 percent of those who suffer from severe mental illness don't believe they are ill." 11. Treatment is required whether the disease can be seen under a microscope or is one that strikes the mind invisibly. 12. "If we are to ask patients with mental illness to face their demons, then, as a society, we must eliminate the demons that stand in their way." 13. Screening can help prevent teen suicide. A school health official told about a ninth grade girl who suddenly started doing poorly in school and attempted suicide. With the screening, it was revealed that she was raped a year earlier and didn't tell anyone. The screening helped the student get immediate help from a mental health professional. 14. "Jeff Deist, a spokesperson for Paul, calls mental health screening 'another way for the government to interfere with the role of parent and child. It's a privacy issue.'" 15. Teen screen which is designed for people ages 11-18 is aimed to prevent suicide. Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that shows 17 percent of high school students have had thoughts about taking their own life, 9 percent have taken action in this and 3 percent have taken action and required medical attention. 16. Patients are afraid of forced treatment which lead them to not seek treatment. 17. The Texas Youth Commission found a 27% increase in the number of kids with mental disorders going into the state juvenile-justice system between 1995-2001. 18. Society has accepted the belief that mental health care isn't needed ; that mental illness, even if not treated, can't lead to death. 19. Some insurance policies exclude specific diseases. 20. "Most people would cry "discrimination" if AIDS was excluded by a health plan." 21. It is discrimination to exclude any disease. 22. "Many insurance plans offer in excess of $1,000,000 for medical/surgical care but limit mental health benefits to 30 outpatient sessions or 10 days of impatient care." 23.The Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act of 2001 aims to create equality between mental and medical health. 24. MHETA was set to take the congressional floor in September 2001 but was pushed back due to the attack on the World Trade Center. 25. As of January 2007 this act has still not been voted into law. 26.1,700 youths ages 15-19 commit suicide every year. 27. On October 21, 2004, President Bush authorized $82 million for suicide prevention programs. 28. In 1999, Ohio got it's own version of TMAP and by 2002 the Medicaid was spending $145 million on schizophrenia medications alone. 29. California spent over $500 million on Atypicals Risperdal, Zyorexa and Seroqual in 2003. 30. In 2002, Missouri Medicaid spent $104 million on TMAP drugs alone.