Why is mental illness taking so long to come out of the dark ages?

As a society I have seen us come a long way in bringing to light a lot of illness and finding treatment for them. We now opening discuss and try to care for illness and behaviours that was once taboo. Alcoholics, abuse and abusers, anxieties but for the most part we have still left the stigma and shame of some mental illness in the dark.

It gives the insurance companies an excuse not to cover these illnesses, and there is still too much denial of Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders. Maybe because they may be classified as incurable, but for what ever reason we need to change this. Please pray that society in general will begin to bring out into the light and face up to these problems. We have come to far with exposing other taboo subjects to light now it's time to get serious with mental illness.

We must demand that government and insurance companies get serious about getting and encouraging treatment and covering associated costs. We brought Aids out into the light and have progressed with treatment and awareness now it's time to begin openly discussing and formulating efforts to help mental illness. 

Maybe like other things we may have to begin by changing the name from mental illness to a term that is acceptable to society in general. You can't separate the brain from other physical organs so it should be recognized as just another organ for us to learn more about and treat.