iota Thanks for visiting!!...too bad it is too slow (video)...but to summarize...families have hard choices to make...do they make their child wards of the state/province in order to be helped?...why is diagnostics not performed if it means a better understanding of what is going on?...the stupidity of governmental guidelines...
ek Children are our future...if we don't look after our resources where will we be?...much like conservation of our natural environment...we should protect it for our future...the children...
track We are getting better at helping people with mental illnesses...but the problem lies with the side effects of the medications, the stigma of it (illness) and the appropriate diagnosis but with better funding in place...most everyone can be helped...
lind Love the journalism of the Fifth Estate...tackling issues that are Canadian but are really issues that we may all might face...it is a sad story of the system that failed to help this child...may we learn from it...
ken Once I saw the author...I did begin thinking that maybe she had the best merit to understand the underlying feelings of what is going on in one who suffers first hand from an illness...kinda funny though...thanks guadal...lol...
kn Nice to see you here...I do understand that not all of our population can be helped...some refusing treatment and other unfortunate events...lets face it life is not 100% fair...our system fails despite our best intentions...In Canada we are spending less resources on our children...whether it be about protecting against neglect...passive or active...and our system to aid children, as in Chazz's case...diagnostics are not performed due to funding requirements...so perhaps this is yet an opportunity to tweak the system?...
ek I find that it is sad...a country as well off as Canada is...there are flaws in the system...I enjoy the programs from The Fifth Estate because they highlight injustices particularly Canadian...but we can all learn from it...although it is a complex and difficult issue to dissect in a short period of time...it alerts the masses and then we ask questions...
crazy It all comes down to money...or give up your rights and then get treatment...but the tests to determine what he suffered from were not followed up...a boy who needed to belong to his family...should not be in a position for parents to give him up as ward of the state to receive appropriate care...
cap This particular story tells us of a boy who wanted help...but couldn't articulate his feelings, his age playing a factor...diagnostics were not done...which could have helped improve his situation...but it seems the system is lacking in the expertise and/or monies needed for those who suffer from mental illness and those who get left picking up the pieces...
trak This child was so young...the diagnosis...perhaps wasn't correct but this documentary highlights the difficulty this family had coping with such destructive behaviour and the lack of help solving the issue at hand...and then dealing with his death...
crazy lol...it doesn't work all the time...but thanks for the help...now I can blog and use videos for posting...there is a documentary I want to share...
crazy I was copying the sharing one...besides embed...you can use that to post on google plus or other sites but not for the blog...figured it out...embed used for non-youtube videos..
crazy I remember the orange satin pants that were in at the time of the Bee Gee's hit song Staying Alive...had to have them so I could go to my school's disco night dance...non stop dancing to the Bee Gees...lol...satin...brings me back!!
I like Walmart...lol...I like shopping period...but a few drinks at a pub is good too!!...rather slow on the blogs...but the videos are entertaining...
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Sad Story of Mental Illness
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