10 Worst States For Mental Health Care

10 Worst States For Mental Health Care

Mental Health Care in the United States isn't perfect. Almost 60 million United States residents suffer from so form mental illness. Some studies show that 1 in 5 Americans deal with some sort of mental illness, while other studies claiming is around 1 in 20. Today we look at the 10 states that are considered the worst when it comes to mental healthcare.
Maybe you should avoid buying real estate in these states?

Alabama:
Arizona:
Georgia:
Florida
Idaho:
Mississippi:
South Carolina:
Tennessee:
Texas:
Wyoming:

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[javierclyburn]

I hope everyone across the globe that's dealing with some form of mental illness be okay. 👍🏾

[tonerduckpin]

In the year 1970 the US population was 203 million. It had 475, 000 psychiatric hospital beds. In the year 2020 the US population was 330 million. It now has 175, 000 psychiatric beds. That's one of the reasons why we have a large homeless population.

[samanthamartin]

I grew up in Idaho, lived in Georgia for 6yrs and now live in Tennessee. I’m not surprised that any of these are on this list.

[nogames]

Mental health care all over this country is crap. It's really sad.

[betsyanderson]

My sister is a mental health case manager here in the Phoenix area, has been for years. Trouble is, the 19-year-old kid down the street makes more money than her stocking shelves at Walmart. When she starts a job, she gets assured that she'll have 20 clients. Within a couple of weeks, she has 80 because now most of her co-workers have quit to join the 19-year-old at Walmart because they have small children to feed and rent to pay. Now she's scrambling to give these 80 clients quality care all by herself. Until we start paying these people what they're worth and the lives they save, there will always be problems in the mental health field.

[siramirez]

I work in mental health, you say at the end of the video that other institutions give double the numbers, and yes, I will agree with double the numbers. And most people with mental illness don't get counted for these kinds of statistics because they end up involved with the legal system. Prisons are the main dispensaries of psychiatric medications in this country.

[gigi]

I appreciate the way you handled this topic, well done.

[masoneverlast]

Obviously an anecdotal experience, but I had my first ever mental health crisis while living in Houston. I had my first ever manic episode and basically destroyed my life in the span of a month. My peeps convinced me to go to the county and I received totally free services and a Bipolar diagnosis. Harris County’s mental health services probably saved my life, but NOTHING came from the state (aid-wise). Moving back to Virginia to be with family while I build myself up was probably a mistake in hindsight; the Harris Center did so much got me, but Virginia’s wait times as well as my city’s are so long that I don’t know how people do it 🤷🏼‍♂️ The country’s mental health crisis really makes sense when you’re forced to navigate the “resources” provided.

[danielyoung]

Back in 2010 I had a severe depression episode and ended up in a Texas state mental hospital for 17 days. That was back when Governor Rick Perry was gutting the state's mental health facilities to save money. After my visit at the hospital, I was lucky enough to get into the VA Med Center in Dallas where my life change dramatically.

[krisnake]

Thank you for this video. My parents are trying to convince me to move to Texas (where they live) from Seattle with my two teenage sons. One is having significant mental health struggles and it's hard enough finding him care here. No way will I move him to an area where it will be even more difficult.

[kaythegardener]

10) Idaho; 9) Arizona; 8) Wyoming; 7) Tennessee; 6) South Carolina; 5) Florida; 4) Georgia' 3) Mississippi; 2) Alabama; 1) Texas --
Is it any coincidence that these are GOP RW governed states?? Known for their lack of social safety nets, lack of medical care (including mental health) for low income, since many have rejected the extension of Obamacare, etc...

[randomexploring]

Can you do the best states for mental health care next, please? 😅

[abircocci]

Hey guys, how are you doing with your investments? I know the market has been crazy lately.

[ridingwilding]

One of the highest groups of suicide are those with undiagnosed/unaddressed ADHD and learning disabilities like dyslexia. If schools identified and proactively helped parents with these issues, instead of ignoring or hiding them, I believe we would have a drop in mental health issues and drug addiction. Also schools systems that supported school of choice getting students into schools that are better equipped for educating such students

[sandyclaflin]

I live in Washington State, and I can tell I can tell you mental health care here is awful. A lot of it has to do with insurance. For instance, my insurance will only pay if you see a social worker, which makes it almost impossible to find anyone. Insurance will only pay for certain generic drugs. In my case, these drugs didn't work. I spent three days trying to find a counselor, and the people that I called didn't even returned my calls. The worst part was I went from place to place trying to get help, and unless I was suicidal they could care less. It was pretty disgusting. It didn't take much for me to realize that I was on my own. I made some changes in my life, including counseling, which I am paying out of pocket for, and I am doing a lot better.

[thullraven]

As a Texan, I support what you said. Unfortunately, a lot of the people having mental health issues are part of our state government because they can't seem to make any decisions or take any actions that anyone with a sound mind and common sense would know to do.

[M.Campbell]

Having been born and raised in Alabama and moved to Texas, many years ago, I experienced no surprise, whatsoever, at this video.

[SOL]

Briggs, My experience with South Carolina's mental health services was far better than experienced in New Jersey. My father suffered from paranoia & auditory hallucinations. My father would often go non-complaint on his psych meds. New Jersey's compassionate progressives would only allow 72hr psych hold, but generally once he was medicated for 18-24hrs hospitals would release him & 2-3days later he was back due to police picking him up having another episode. Nearly 20yrs of revoling doors in NJ. We moved to SC in 2007 my father came to live near us in 2010. He had a episode in SC within a year or so. SC had him committed to the local hospital's psych wing for a full week. He had to agree to stay medicated to be released. About 8months later, he went non-complaint again. SC committed him for two weeks this time. Local Judge order he go to out patient therapy once a week & monthly psych injections from nurse during out patient. My father would go on to die a few years later. But the proper & yes, compassionate care he received in SC was far, far better than the medicate & street of NJ. For those few years, I had my father back & mental sound. I cherish those moments we spent together & our near daily phone conversations. My father had studied philosophy & economics in college, we had such wonderful conversations beyond that of father & son, all because SC dared to do the truly compassionate thing, give him an ultimatum, monthly injections or next non-complaint episode involuntary committal to SC state psychiatric hospital. NJ may think they are being compassionate, but all they did was create stress & tension in our family for nearly 20yrs by having a hands off approach to getting people the mental health they desperately need.

[deirdrehottinger]

My husband & I planned to retire to Florida but with onset of our son’s schizophrenia, we decided to stay in Pennsylvania. Our mental health treatment in PA may not be the best, but it’s superior to Florida.

[christineboone]

Very important video! We are truly dealing with a serious mental health problem in this country, so this was good data!