jrnichols89
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One problem is the state of America’s mental health system especially since the 1980’s. The problem itself varies from state to state due to lack of federal standard. At least a third of the homeless is mentally ill. This is concerning since mental illness is one of the few world problems that has increased; especially since the 1980’s due to 2 changes.. In contrast, problems like crime (since 1990’s crime has come down substantially) and wars has decreased according to Gerald Diamond, has been reduced by 90% since 1990. The 2 changes are reduced federal funding and increased difficulty to force medication and take in mentally ill patients. A federal standard should be created that has an effective treatment plan for the mentally ill to help them get help like SSI, a patient rights advocate, reasonable ability to force medication, and genetic testing from birth to get help. Genes with people that have autism and bipolar are different. For example, scientists have found the CHd8, SNCA2, and KATNAL2 mutations with those that have autism. The genes 3,5,10,13,21,22 have found to be associated with bipolar disorder.