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> How about a background check and a mental check? That would pretty much guarantee that people who need mental health services would deliberately avoid gettin
by ThrowawayR2 7y ago
> How about a background check and a mental check?
That would pretty much guarantee that people who need mental health services would deliberately avoid getting it to prevent it from showing up on their records, e.g. a security guard who needs to carry a firearm for their job.
- basementcat 7y agoIt gets worse. If you’re flagged with a mental illness, most states will yank your professional license (you lose your job and possible primary income). Our society has an economic incentive to underreport mental illness.
- armada651 7y agoIt would not be optional to do the mental exam.
- ThrowawayR2 7y ago> It would not be optional to do the mental exam. Uh, what do you think a psychiatric exam is? There's no crazy-o-meter that they stick into an orifice to objectively determine whether you're mentally ill or not. You simply get asked a series of questions which you can reply to in any way you like.