Robin Williams Story: All About Mental Illness Only

Submitted by redwoodwriter on Sun, 2014-08-17 05:48

Article here. Excerpt:

'One of the most depressing aspects of Robin Williams’s suicide is that he had all the access, all the best care. Money was not an object. But even with all that, he killed himself. “Robin Williams could pay in cash for anything he needed. Even with that, depression can be a fatal illness,” [Dr.] John Herman said.
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Ronan reflected on the sad passing of Robin Williams as he lamented the sorry state of mental health care for those who are not rich and famous.

“Our country’s health,” Larry Ronan said, “will never be whole until we insist that mental health be seen along with physical health as fundamental to our overall well-being, and funded as such.”'

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Following are redwoodwriter's comments submitted with the item:

"Of course, this is only about mental illness. Nobody is going to talk about why William's was depressed. Nobody is going to talk about how he could not retire, how he had to support three wives on into his old age. What about the laws that turn men into financial slaves?

Nobody is for example going to talk about the Bradley Amendment, a federal law that blocks states from retroactively reducing child support, for any reason. So even if Williams was sick and unable to bring in the big bucks anymore, by law, he was required to continue to be the big bucks provider. This is what our young men should aspire to? To become a success means to be on the hook to a bunch of women and kids, to be a financial slave with no life of your own?"

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2014-08-18 06:42

This can't be discounted as a possible factor: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/rob-schneider-blames-robin-williams-death-on-his-parkinsons-drugs-one-of-the-side-effects-is-suicide-9674151.html:

'Robin Williams’ Parkinson’s drugs contributed to his tragic suicide, the actor’s close friend Rob Schneider has suggested.

Schneider, known for US sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live, took to Twitter to blame the Good Will Hunting star’s cocktail of medication for his untimely death last week.

“Now that we can talk about it, Robin Williams was on a drug treating the symptoms of Parkinson’s,” he wrote. “One of the side effects is suicide!”

Schneider had been friends with Williams since they first met 20 years ago. The latter’s friends were worried that his cocktail of prescription drugs had badly affected his mental health, according to The Mirror.'

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Submitted by Matt on Mon, 2014-08-18 06:46

Parkinson's kills twice as many men as women.

It that statistic was reversed, we'd have a stamp, a White House lighting ceremony, massive funding, an honorary day and month, and possibly, a cure.

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Submitted by ThomasI on Tue, 2014-08-19 04:19