Discrimination hurting the Economy?

Cheverton, Jeff. "Mental Health Discrimination Uneconomic." The Sydney Morning Herald. N.p., 29 Apr. Web. 27 Oct. 2010. http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/mental-health-discrimination-costs-us-all-20100429-tu2t.html 

With money being so tight these days and the economy in the dumps, you'd think people would do anything to try and get back on our feet. Well, a new study shows that discrimination of people with mental illnesses is actually costing the government money. Though they pay for anti-stigma campaigns on television, they only need to try and tone it down to really make any impact. With people getting treatment early on, before reaching their disaster point through teasing, they can actually get better faster and get back to the work force. This would, in turn, reduce the amount of time spent in the hospital and it would take less money out of people bank accounts to pay for medical bills. And there would be an increased amount of people at work with less and less people taking their time. This would be saving the government money people! And it's been proven that half of all Australians experience a mental disorder at some point in their lives! So why not try to stop the abuse and give a little love?


Ok, for beginners, this is slightly bias seeing as how the author is a board member of the Mental Health Board of Australia. But it does bring up some key points that really get the message out that, "Hey! We could be saving money if we just learned to be nice to each other!". I could use this, even though it's again from a foreign country, due to its factual basis. This would give some really good stats for my paper and give some really good background on how it could be changed.