Reply #2: C-Span Sunday [View All]

[scarletlib]

Listened to a guy on C-Span Journal talking about mental health issues. US has highest rates of any country of proportion of people mentally ill. (May not be exactly correct but definitely one of the highest) Anyway he gave an interesting factoid: Mexicans generally have a low level of mental illness. Those who immigrate to US start out on same level as their former compatriots in Mexico. However, after a few years here they suffer mental illness at the same high rate as those already in the US. The guy said that we really need to look at what is going on in this country to cause this. Personally I think I know some of the factors: High poverty, no safety net, stress, stress, stress: can I keep my job, can I pay my bills, can I afford to go to the doctor and on and on and on.