Alas! More Progress!

Well, last night I forgot to blog because I was working on my proposal. My proposal is okay. I used an anecdote as my introduction! And it was all downhill from there. Writing my proposal, I realized what a vast topic I've chosen to write about. Health care is complicated. Mental health care is especially complicated. What is "mental health care" in the first place? What qualifies as a "mental disease?" When I chose my topic a couple of days ago, I forgot about degenerative disorders, like Alzheimer's. Are Alzheimer's and the like considered mental diseases? If so, according to my thesis, geriatric hospitals would need to be funded and possibly run by the government. That's a lot of taxpayer money. Furthermore, are learning disabilities considered mental disorders? When I wrote about mental health care, I was referring to health care for personality disorders. However, ADHD, ADD, and the like are technically caused by malfunctioning neurons in the brain and are therefore "mental diseases." But people with ADD can learn to cope with their problems. People with personality disorders, like schizophrenia, are continually plagued by the symptoms of their disease. These questions are vital to the understanding of my topic, and I only hope I will be able to make sense of the great topic I've decided to take on.