Jude 2

One in five Californians say they need mental health care
http://www.latimes.com/news/health/boos ... 5137.story

Almost 5 million California adults say they could use help with a mental or emotional problem, according to a survey released Wednesday by researchers at UCLA. About 1 million of them meet the criteria for "serious psychological distress."

However, only one in three people who perceive a need for mental health services or are in serious distress have seen a professional for treatment, the survey found.

According to the survey:
• Women were nearly twice as likely as men to say they needed help because they felt sad, anxious or nervous (22.7% compared to 14.3%).
• Adults under age 65 were twice as likely to perceive the need for help (20.2% compared to 9.2%).
• The poorest adults were more than five times as likely to report symptoms of serious psychological distress compared to those living well above the federal poverty level.

... Given the number of people in pain, according to this survey, it may be time for Californians to overcome the perceived stigma and demand expanded public funding and insurance coverage of mental health care.


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Wow.. talk about a ripe opportunity to show the Love of Christ and His amazing healing power in these individuals lives. If any "serious psychological distressed Californian" is reading this Jude post... by accident or by online search

Let me introduce you to a wonderful friend, Jesus Christ. Learn whom He really is and what He can do for you totally FREE of charge. The price has already been paid.

John 8:12
When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."

The psychologist, psychiatrist and the mental health counselor are a kind of priesthood where people seek a third person to mediate between the "me that wants to be happy" and the "me that is very sad, etc." And, many times, they get helped without a doubt. But, they have only arrived "at themselves" and remain separated from God and true joy. For that gap, there is only one mediator, Jesus Christ. I'm with MacUser, praying that someway, anyway, that I will show my neighbor who Jesus is and that the person I am now will bear witness of Him.