The mental health stigma is systemic as well. Did you know that one of the things asked on an application for a CHL in Texas, as an example, is a list of every

The mental health stigma is systemic as well. Did you know that one of the things asked on an application for a CHL in Texas, as an example, is a list of every single time you've received psychiatric treatment and it's a disqualifier. Similarly the Form 4473 has mental health questions required prior to purchasing firearms. If you've ever been admitted for treatment, you're disqualified. My purpose isn't to re-litigate gun control as an issue, but to point out that our policies and laws reflect our attitudes about mental health directly on access to things which are enshrined as fundamental rights in the US, already. It's a perfectly reasonable supposition to say: "I don't want truly crazy people to have guns.", it's another to say "I think it's acceptable to strip Constitutional rights from millions of Americans because they once had in-patient treatment as a child for their anxiety." The latter is a matter of policy (regardless of how well it's actually enforced) simply due to the fact we don't understand the human mind or psychology enough to actually draw an objective distinction between those two types of people. Laws and systems work poorly with things which require subjective determination. "I'll know it when I see it" might be an acceptable type of thing to adjudicate, but it's a terrible type of thing to build bureaucratic processes around that are faceless, soulless, with no recourse. This is just one of many examples where having any history of seeking treatment for mental health can be a disqualifier, or worse strip you of your rights. It's an effective disqualifier for many types of jobs as well in the US, especially government jobs which require a clearance or working at any company which accepts government contracts which would require a clearance.