Title: Behind the Rhetoric | Psychology Today
Headings: Behind the Rhetoric
Behind the Rhetoric
Presents the politics of mental health and the mental health of politics or politicians in the United States. Discussion on the politics of policy; Personality analysis of the presidential candidates. INSETS: READING BETWEEN THE LINES; READING THEIR LIPS.

Content: The availability of treatment of diabetes and the availability of treatment for depression or schizophrenia ought to be the same," he has said. " This is one that I will fix for you." The wide-ranging, detailed plan addresses such issues as making sure parents in search of mental health help for their children do not lose their children to child welfare services in the process; supporting families of the mentally ill and others with the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and with tax credits; encouraging community- and home-based care over institutions; reaching out to the homeless; supporting scientific research into treatments for mental illness; and fighting for a "strong, enforceable patients' bill of rights." In June, Bush delivered his "New Freedom Initiative," "to speed up the day when our country has removed the last barrier to full, independent, productive lives for every person, regardless of disability." His plan, while not specific, addressed his desire to see people with disabilities move toward independent living, as well as participation in the workforce and the community.