In the article "I am Adam Lanza 's Mother" author Liza Long tries to shed a light on the mental illness issue that has been plaguing this country. Long is a mother of a 13-year-old mentally ill son that has fits of violent rage on regular basis. She felt the need to write a blog after the Sandy Hook tragedy. Sandy Hook was an elementary school located in New Town, Connecticut where a 20-year-old named Adam Lanza was able to get a gun and kill 27 people. This sparked a national conversation about gun control but did not address the other critical issue of mental illness. This is a problem because since 1982 there have been 61 mass shootings and of these shootings, 43 of them were males with highly visible signs of mental illness. Long took
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The problem is that too often the media blames people like Adam Lanza 's mother and the many other mothers with children with mental illness.We need to help these moms by making awareness, discussions and proper help readily easy early on. They shouldn 't have to feel ashamed about talking about the challenges they have to face when trying to raise children dealing with a mental illness. There is an issue of misinformation and myths that surround the issue of mental illness and it 's these public stigmas that keep the public fearful. These public stigmas are being perpetuated and personified in movies, television shows, newscasts, and jokes that use depression as a tool for laughs worsens the public stigma. We can help combat it by putting in place informational programs that combat the negative ideas surrounding mental illness. But the discussion doesn 't end here we also need to talk openly about mental health because chances are more people are battling this problem than we realize, so be brave and share your story. “But our society, with its stigma on mental illness and its broken healthcare system, does not provide us with other options. Then another tortured soul shoots up a fast food restaurant. A mall. A kindergarten classroom. And we wring our hands and say, “Something must be
The problem is that too often the media blames people like Adam Lanza 's mother and the many other mothers with children with mental illness.We need to help these moms by making awareness, discussions and proper help readily easy early on. They shouldn 't have to feel ashamed about talking about the challenges they have to face when trying to raise children dealing with a mental illness. There is an issue of misinformation and myths that surround the issue of mental illness and it 's these public stigmas that keep the public fearful. These public stigmas are being perpetuated and personified in movies, television shows, newscasts, and jokes that use depression as a tool for laughs worsens the public stigma. We can help combat it by putting in place informational programs that combat the negative ideas surrounding mental illness. But the discussion doesn 't end here we also need to talk openly about mental health because chances are more people are battling this problem than we realize, so be brave and share your story. “But our society, with its stigma on mental illness and its broken healthcare system, does not provide us with other options. Then another tortured soul shoots up a fast food restaurant. A mall. A kindergarten classroom. And we wring our hands and say, “Something must be