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ERIELLE: MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
HAVE BECOME A FOCUS AS THE STATE
CRISIS.
WE ARE JOINED BY MICHAEL BURROWS
OKLAHOMA.
THERE IS A BILL ON THE
GOVERNOR'S DESK THAT COULD
BESIDE INTO LAW WHICH WOULD
PROSECUTED.
INSTEAD OF NOT GUILTY BY REASON
OF INSANITY THERE IS NOW AN
GUILTY WITH MENTAL DEFICIT.
YOU OPPOSE THE IDEA.
LANGUAGE OF IT.
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BEEN ADOPTED BY ABOUT 12 STATES.
IT HAS NOT REALLY WORKED, HAS
BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
TO ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY
UNTREATABLE.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY IN
INCARCERATION SETTINGS BECAUSE
OF THE WAY THEY GO ABOUT THEIR
VICTIMS.
WE DON'T THINK THAT IS AN
UNIT.
WE WANT THOSE RESERVED FOR
PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA,
BIPOLAR, MAYBE DEPRESSION.
WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT IT
PASSED BOTH HOUSES.
ERIELLE: MENTAL ILLNESS HAS BEEN
CALLED A SILENT DISEASE.
WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT HAS GONE
SO UNTREATED AND NOT TALKED
ABOUT?
DISCRIMINATION, STIGMA.
OUR ATTITUDES ON MENTAL ILLNESS
ARE ABOUT 100 YEARS BEHIND.
IT IS A BRAIN ILLNESS AND IS
VERY TREATABLE BUT WE STILL HAVE
WAY.
ERIELLE: WE WERE TALKING IN THE
RIGHT THAT ALMOST EVERY FAMILY
ANOTHER BY THIS.
THIS YEAR, THE ASSOCIATION HAS A
NEW HASHTAG, #IAMAPERSONFIRST.
IT'S MEANT TO RAISE AWARENESS
AND SENSITIVITY.
WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE KN
HEALTH ISSUES?
FIRST.
MICHAEL: THEY ARE NAMES, THEY
HAVE LIVES, THEY HAVE FAMILIES,
JOBS, THEY GO TO SCHOOL.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, THEY ARE
PEOPLE FIRST.
THAT IS THE IDEA BEHIND THE
CAMPAIGN.
ERIELLE: THE FACT THAT THIS HAS
NOT BECOME A FOCUS IN OUR STATE
IS ATTRIBUTED TO OUR STATE
BUDGET CRISIS AND THE
POSSIBILITY OF LOSING FUNDING.
IS THERE A SILVER LINING THAT
HEALTH ISSUES?
MICHAEL: INTERESTING QUESTION.
I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE FOCUSED
LESS FUNDING FOR SERVICES.