In lieu of Mental Illness Awareness Week, television host and comedian John Oliver used humor to open our eyes and bring attention to the serious and disturbing issues with our mental health care system and treatment of those with mental illness in a brilliant piece on his show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
In the must watch episode, Oliver beautifully addresses myths of mental illness, highlights effective and important recovery and support programs that we should be funding, and calls on politicians to stop talking about addressing mental illness and take real action instead.
"We, as a society, have to figure out how to fund [these programs]," he says. "Not just because it makes fiscal sense but because it would save lives. And if I remember rightly, there are some politicians who claim to be pretty motivated to address this problem … If we're going to constantly use mentally ill people to dodge conversations about gun control then the very least we owe them is a ******* plan."
In the must watch episode, Oliver beautifully addresses myths of mental illness, highlights effective and important recovery and support programs that we should be funding, and calls on politicians to stop talking about addressing mental illness and take real action instead.
"We, as a society, have to figure out how to fund [these programs]," he says. "Not just because it makes fiscal sense but because it would save lives. And if I remember rightly, there are some politicians who claim to be pretty motivated to address this problem … If we're going to constantly use mentally ill people to dodge conversations about gun control then the very least we owe them is a ******* plan."
RSS Feed
