Mental health PSA
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- This Man is one of many homeless people suffering with a mental health issues that think all hope is lost.
- One day this guy comes up to him and asks what's wrong? The homeless guy simply says "I've been going through a lot lately and I don't know what to do, my mind is all over the place and I don't think I can do this anymore"
- The man says to him, "Why don't you find a homeless shelter that will take you in, you can have people with you even if its not a lot"
- The homeless man explains its the same in housing like that and there is nothing he can afford to help with his mental health issues. According to data collected as part of the 2015 AHAR, over half of adults living in permanent supportive housing either had a mental disorder or co-occurring mental and substance use disorder
- Wait... Sir? You, you would do that for me?
- Oh wow I didn't understand that it could be so difficult for you to find the help you need, but here's what I can do, I'm going to get you set up with a free therapist that can help and talk to you. According to "Substance abuse and Mental health service Administration" There are easy steps to finding free help even if you're homeless, first you can Contact PATH providers who offers services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness and serious mental illness, or use the following helpline. Dial 2-1-1 to access a free and confidential referral service.
- Of Course I would do that for you, people need to start understanding that a person alone cannot go through all this hardship and pain alone. Mental illnesses and homelessness is a real thing and is affecting more people around us than we think. Start doing what's right.
- Therapist
- The homeless man then recieved help to get him going the direction where he was before he was homeless and experiencing his mental illness.
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