While local mental health advocates celebrate increased investments, they spoke out against equating mental health with violence.
of violence, said Eric Estrada, executive director of Form Communities and San Antonio Clubhouse, a volunteer center for people living with mental health issues.Sign up to receive The Daily Reach every morning.Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
The woman told him that she was sitting in a hospital, for an issue unrelated to her mental health, on the day of the shooting. “The goal here is that people feel connected to the world and feel valued and feel like they’re part of something — because not being isolated is an important part of being healthy.
“Lots of people experience mental illness in different ways, but there’s a difference between having a mental illness and acting out violently,” Tijerina said. “Violence is a behavior and it’s not necessarily behavior that’s consistent with everyone who has a mental illness.” Even as they raise concerns about conflating violence and mental illness, local advocates agree that the recent additional funding for mental health care access is welcome and desperately needed.
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