Mental Illnesses In Of Mice And Men

How do you perceive people with mental illnesses? Did you know that in a 1996 survey, 12.1 percent of Americans identified people with mental illnesses as “violent, dangerous, frightening.” John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men illustrates the real-life issue of people with mental illnesses and disabilities and how people around the world fear these people and won't offer them available treatments, because of those acts they aren't treated equally or with respect.
Due to a survey that was taken in 1996 by Indiana University and Columbia University, 12.1 percent of Americans who were surveyed recognized people with disorders as “violent, dangerous, frightening.” While 48.4 percent said they won't even interact with someone who has schizophrenia.
Let's take France for example, did you know that treatment for certain disorders, disabilities, mental illnesses in France can't be treated because of their high costs. In society, people these days just tell most people suffering from depression to “just get yourself” and “be strong.” This portrays shame towards people with depression. French health care system only covers treatment by a psychologist and not a psychologist. This makes it harder to access therapy for those who suffer from mental illnesses like major depression. Based on an article published by Karine Chevreul, Amélie Prigent, Aurélie Bourmaud, Marion Leboyer, and Isabelle Durand-Zaleski it states, “The total cost of mental health care was estimated at €13.4 billion, The total costs of mental disorders were estimated at €109 billion.” France has a population of 65million people and 12million are currently suffering from disorders or mental illnesses. Because of the high cost and limited access to psychologists, many of these people can't be
Based on an article published by Clare Nullis, it states, “One in four people in the world will be affected by mental health or brain disorders during their lives, but few of them will seek or receive help.” Although, only 40 percent of countries don't even have a mental health policy. That's a possibility on why people don't get treated faster. Clare Nullis stated in his article, “Two-thirds of countries spent 1 percent or less of their health budget on mental health, and half had only one psychiatrist per 100,000 people.” Think about a country's health budget, and only 1 percent or none is spent on mental health. Now just think about that country's population and those suffering from mental illnesses, one psychiatrist per 100,000 people. The cost and access to treatments aren't the only problems, though. Even when treatments and help are offered, about two-thirds don't seek help or treatments because of shame. For this reason, about 1 million people commit suicide every year while 10 to 20 million attempts to commit suicide every