During this time period, mental illness was still looked down upon. In 1970’s President Nixon impounded funds for the National Institute of Mental Health. The problem of mental illness was being brought to light as a result of the lack of services for mentally ill people. The lack of services made mental illness more noticeable and left many unstable people homeless, which got the attention of the media. Although media coverage was present, people weren’t concerned with mental illness and many families treated it as a private matter and didn’t share if they or a loved one were suffering. For example, when a drunken Calvin tells his neighbor that his son is seeing a psychiatrist. Although he tells her this, he only did so because he was drunk and tried to say that his son was completely fine, it was just a way to blow off steam. When Beth overhears Calvin telling the neighbor about Conrad, she pulls him away and gets very upset for sharing this “private matter” with
During this time period, mental illness was still looked down upon. In 1970’s President Nixon impounded funds for the National Institute of Mental Health. The problem of mental illness was being brought to light as a result of the lack of services for mentally ill people. The lack of services made mental illness more noticeable and left many unstable people homeless, which got the attention of the media. Although media coverage was present, people weren’t concerned with mental illness and many families treated it as a private matter and didn’t share if they or a loved one were suffering. For example, when a drunken Calvin tells his neighbor that his son is seeing a psychiatrist. Although he tells her this, he only did so because he was drunk and tried to say that his son was completely fine, it was just a way to blow off steam. When Beth overhears Calvin telling the neighbor about Conrad, she pulls him away and gets very upset for sharing this “private matter” with