This is what I learned from trying to get help for my brother, a man suffering from trauma and alcoholism....

......We must do something about the issue of mental health in America. The longer I live I am more and more certain that mental health issues, brought on by trauma, is the leading cause of all of problems, from drug abuse to homicide. Obviously early intervention is the answer.  Yet in order to get adequate mental health assistance, due to its enormous cost, a person must first hit absolute rock bottom.