Mental Illnesses In The Film 'Minds On Edge'

Summary

The mental health care system has been a controversial topic for years. The film “Minds on Edge” discusses the problems evolving around the actions committed towards people who have mental illnesses. The people reenacting the scenarios focus on how people with mental illnesses are perceived, how others react to them, and how the person with the mental illness might be affected by the perceptions and actions of others. They also discuss various solutions to decrease the discrimination and normalization of people with mental illnesses.

Social Problem

The main social issue discussed in the film is the question of how to treat those with mental illnesses. During the conference, the panel discussed the issues of mental patients not getting properly treated for their illness. In many cases, mental patients would arrive at the emergency room and would be released within thirty minutes of arrival. This is resulted from the fact that there is a law that states if a person does not propose imminent danger to others or themselves that health facilities are not required to keep the patient. Therefore, many patients are released and later on picked up by law enforcement or left on the streets. Because they are poorly educated on how to identify people with mental illnesses, law enforcement will, in most

This is surprising because though they do not pose a threat to themselves or others, they are still not in a position to be making adequate decisions on their own. Many of the people referred to outpatient clinics do not get seen because the patient could lose track of time or even be arrested while waiting to be seen. This issue definitely shows that mental health is not taken as a serious issue that needs to be resolved. People are walking around unable to get medical help because their illness is termed as