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Should the government increase funding for mental health research and treatment?

In July 2022 the federal government approved a $21 billion funding package for mental-health and substance-use disorders. The spending package was in response to a jump in substance abuse and a suicide rate that increased 33% from 1999 through 2017, making it the 10th-leading cause of death in the U.S, according to the most recent federal data.

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 @9XMRTS6 from North Carolina  answered…2yrs2Y

Again, socialized healthcare would fit for this stuff. So yes, absolutely. No government should be involved.

 @9L6F7CTSocialist  from Florida  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and pharmaceutical companies should be held accountable for exploiting the healthcare industry. With free universal healthcare, we should be able to have more control over our doctors and have them be held to a certain standard for treatment and discrimination as well.

  @charlie3sticks from Guam  answered…2yrs2Y

Should the government and corporations steeped in late-stage capitalistic hell help solve the problems they create? With all my heart, yes.

 @99T45NQSocialist from California  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, and war on drugs restricitons need to be lifted on said research

 @93M2NRRSocialist from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but only evidence based practices.

 @93GKPCGSocialist from Michigan  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, nationalize the entire medical industry and redirect most military spending to medical research.

 @8XDXJV5 from Massachusetts  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services, but nationalize all healthcare to keep corporations from profiting off healthcare

 @8SBWT5WSocialist from Texas  answered…5yrs5Y

we need to improve mental health but not through the State

 @8RCXMXF from Washington  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, nd nationalize healthcare, including mental health agencies

 @8R6M5Q7Libertarian from Missouri  answered…5yrs5Y

Yes, every person affected by a mental issue should be helped by government funding if the alternative is prison/jail time for said person.

 @8MQF8WZ from Arizona  answered…6yrs6Y

Mental health is a serious topic that should be looked into more and not ignored because people take their lives and that is not something to be ignored.

 @8H886H6Socialist from Oregon  answered…6yrs6Y

Yes, all research for scientific and medical purposes should be government funded, and research into "mental health issues" which are the result of personnel or biological choice (such as homosexuality, transgender-ism, etc) should be stopped

 @9BD7C5L from Illinois  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes absolutely, especially with the mental health epidemic not only in the US but globally.

 @8PXNGGRSocialist from California  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes. Expand ethical research on psychedelics.

 @96VJTWMSocialist from Texas  answered…4yrs4Y

No, increase mental health awareness instead

 @9992HTR from GU  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, the mental healthcare system should be funded more, and we should strive to end the stigma associated with mental illness.

 @9CFSGSK from Georgia  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, our mental healthcare system needs more funding to provide a higher quality of care and services. AND the government should also use some of this funding to reduce the stigma that surrounds mental health issues.

  @Syndicalist-CommunistWorkers from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes, but also fix the problems in our country like social media that lead to the amount of "stress" people are having rather than create a sprawling corporate industry around mental health

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