Puerto Rico House of Representatives hurry to approved a series of so called ”treatments methods”, by doing this during the quarantine and in the middle of the worst health crisis ever in the history of humanity, missing the opportunity of a thorough consultation to the Certified and Licensed practicing professionals in the Mental Health Field, in this particular cases, with a very vaguely structured piece of legislation, they pretend to “Function as an Academic Licensing Institution”, but going farther as to takeover, “Scientific Researchers” attributions, to legalized a, “popular relaxation therapy method, known as Mindfulness, as they said“ to help reduced the suicide rates, that are increasing in the island ”… at least that is what they said to reporters and is written on todays newspapers.

So, suicide and suicide attempts, which are very serious mental health problems, and a sign (like it is “fever” to physical health illnesses) of hundreds of serious mental health sometimes undiagnosed conditions, is going to be treated, by The Puerto Rico’s Legislature new proposed treatment method, of course, if this legislation includes the description of the detailed ethical code that applies every regulated healthcare care professionals, the licensing agency in charge of checking credentials and administering revalidación test and continued education , and make sure of compensation for damages to people suffering from serious mental health illnesses. Then it is on the right direction.

A physicians is required to have six licencies numbers, pay the state for them, take 60 credits of continuous  medical education, to be able to let patients walk into their offices and asked for treatment,for therapy, exactly the same patients that could and will be walk-in the Mindfulness Treatment Methods, and besides that, physicians go trough 4 years of science B.A., 4 years of medical school, 3 to 4 years for a specialty and 2 to 3 years of sub-specialty, 13 years, plus the previously explained. I just described what it takes to be a licensed psychiatrist and be able to evaluate and treat a suicidal patient, and with any other medical mental health illnesses.

 So we hopefully expect that legislators whose signatures are on that approved legislation, have taken into consideration the huge and serious responsibility they are are undertaking, allowing none specifically trained personnel to be able, by qualifying them, to treat, a persons brain, in such a delicate state so that even the wrong words can precipitates a suicidal attempt. Or not receiving the correct treatment from the very beginning. But I am sure, that if they approved that legislation, it is because the are one hundred percent convince, that no harm is going to be done, and medical insurers companies will be paying for the best treatment choice available.  Corroborated by scientific studies done by recognized field scientists, that can be found on scientific recognized peer to peer reviewed papers published on top journals. As I am sure they are continuously doing, by scientifically corroborating by following up the effectiveness on human beings of the treatment of almost “any medical condition” by “medical cannabis”.  After all, legislators are not scientists, so they will not allow harm to be done, by just not knowing.

Please read how to obtain a degree on Mindfullnes Relaxation Therapy, clarifying that as a mental health professional, I almost daily recommend relaxation therapies, and recognized their appropriate uses.

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