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Tag Archives: clinton
Dear Future President,
For a year now, the presidential candidates have been dodging questions about the problem of mental illness in America. Some will bring it up when talking about gun control and others ridicule the mentally ill. Well, when is the question … Continue reading
Posted in advocate, media, mental health advoctes, mental health awareness, mental illness, politics, presidential election, Uncategorized
Tagged #mentalhealthawarenessmonth, #MentalHealthMatters, #stigmafree, building a wall, clinton, letter to the president about mental health, mental illness, mentalillnessfeelslike, sanders, trump
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How it can take ONE MINUTE to Start to Change the Mental Health System
Just think of how loud our voices would be if we all spent ONE MINUTE of our day asking a candidate (or several) to talk about how to SOLVE the mental health crisis. Getting them to talk about it is … Continue reading
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Trump vs Clinton: Who will have the vote of the mentally ill?
First of all, I am an independent voter and my state has not yet voted in the primaries. I have no idea who I will vote for, but as of right now, I don’t plan to vote for any candidate … Continue reading
Posted in media, mental health advoctes, mental illness, politics, presidential election, Uncategorized
Tagged bill clinton, clinton, clinton and mental illness, concord, cruz, donald trump, florida, gop and mental illness, gun control, how are you going to solve the mental health crisis?, make america great again, mental health, mental health advocate, mental illness, mental illness and trump, michigan, mickey mouse vote, north carolina, political agenda, raleigh, rubio, sanders and mental illness, trump, wall and trump
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To Governor Bush: Was it the Right Decision?
Dear Governor Bush, The title of this blog is vague yet I hope will get people’s attention who normally would not read blogs I write. It is sad, but true, that if I wrote something like “I used to live … Continue reading
Posted in mental illness, politics, Uncategorized
Tagged abc news, advocates for people with mental illnesses, bipolar disorder, cbs news, clinton, cnn, Congressman TIm Murphy, cruz, democrat, democratic debate, Depression: A Global Crisis, election2016, florida, fox news, governor, jeb bush, kasich, media and mental illness, mental health, Mental Health Advocates United, mental health matters, mental illness, msnbc, murphy bill, nbc news, north carolina, ohio, politics, President Obama, presidential election, rand paul, republican, republican debate, rubio, sanders, town hall meetings, trump, world bipolar day, World Mental Health Day
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Do you want my vote? Please talk about SOLUTIONS to the Mental Health Crisis!
I think it is important for a president to listen to what the people say. It is very frustrating that I can’t find a voice. I have written numerous letters, emails, made phone calls and tried to communicate with the … Continue reading
Posted in media, mental health advoctes, mental illness, politics, presidential election, Uncategorized
Tagged clinton, contact kasich, cruz, cruz and mental illness, debate, democrat, donald trump and mental illness, election, election2016, florida primary, kasich, kasich and mental illness, media, mental health, mental health issues and the candidates, mental health matters, mental health system, mental illness, north carolina, north carolina primary, ohio primary, presidential election, primaries, republican, rubio, sanders, tim murphy bill, trump
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What They are not Talking about at the Debates
Picture Credit: CNN.com I watched all the debates in the beginning, but … Continue reading
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Tagged #foxnewsdebate, attacking candidates, balancing the budget, ben carson and schizophrenia, candidates, candidates attacking each other at debate, clinton, clinton and mental illness, contact cruz, contact hillary, contact kasich, contact rubio, contact sanders, contact trump, cruz, cruz and mental illness, debate, democrat, election2016, email candidate, EMAIL CONGRESSMAN, EMAIL PRESIDEN, entertainment regarding election, facebook, fox news, fox news debate, gun control, independent voter, issues, issues in America, issues that face america, kasich, make america great again, media, mental health advocate, mental health crisis, mental illness, michelle obama, national security, potus, President Obama, repulican, rubio, rubio and mental illness, sanders, sanders an mental illness, topics of debate, tragedies, trump, trump and mental illness, twitter
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Candidates-Do you care about the mentally ill? PROVE IT!
Most of the candidates have been dodging questions about the problem of mental illness in America. Some will bring it up when talking about gun control by saying things like we need to fix the mental health system or we … Continue reading
Posted in media, mental health advoctes, mental illness, politics, presidential election, Uncategorized
Tagged carson, clinton, clinton and mental illness, cnn debate, cruz, cruz and mental illness, debate schedule, debates, democrat, democratic debate, election2016, every vote counts, florid primary, fox news debate, general election, gop, Hillary Clinton, issues in America, kasich, media, media and mental illness, mental health advocates, Mental Health Advocates United, mental health crisis, mental health matters, mental health system, mental illness, north carolina primary, ohio primary, presidential candidates, primaries, republican, republican debate, rubio, rubio and mental illness, sanders, sanders and mental illness, super tuesday, town hall meeting, trump, trump and mental illness, voting at the primaries
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The Presidential Candidates Need to Talk about Mental Health
It does not matter if you have already picked out your candidate, if you are a Republican or a Democrat, or what issues that are being debated that matter most to you. However, if you are a mental health advocate, … Continue reading
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Tagged carly, cbs news, clinton, cnn, cnn debate, cnn news, debate, democratic debate, election 2016, jeb bush, mental health, mental illness, presidential election, rand paul, republican debate, sanders, ted cruz, trump
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Virginia Shooting: Mental Illness vs Gun Violence
Every time there is a mass shooting, I just wait for the media to tell us that the person was mentally ill and that is why they did it. It saddens me that the media oftentimes does not mention that … Continue reading
