We who have mental issues are no longer considered crazy nor are we given shock therapy.  Although, i do have to say, i do question some people’s sanity.  Aaanyways, we have come very far in mental health care.  Because of some issues from childhood, i am a sufferer of depression.  After some therapy and drugs, i know how to manage it drug free.  Maybe in the future i will have a physcotic break and run down the street naked yelling at the spiders to stop chasing me, though for now, i am good.  Here in Oregon today, ground was broken for a new state mental hospital.  The old building has been in operation for 125 years!  i do think the approach may be a little bit Pollyanish.  They want to be able to rehab these people and place them back in the public.  i am not sure how much these people will be able to function in a real world enviroment because so many of our homeless are homeless because of mental illness.  Maybe they will give us a more concrete rehab program synopsis.  All that said, i am really happy because as the Governor Kitzhaber said, it is a great direction for the mental illness.  It is not what it used to be.  Me having to be in therapy and on medications was some secret i had to keep.  Mental illness isn’t something to shy aways from, we just need to figure how to properly care for the person so they can have a productive life.  No human deserves to just be locked away.   kevin and i watched part of a special report Ann Curry did on the menally ill in Serbia.  i am beyond thankfull mental illness is beginning to be better understood and not just a dirty little secrety!