Is "Education" the Answer?

Apparently education is the solution to combating the Stigma associated with Mental Illness. I believe that if we don't make a place for people like myself by giving them Occupation no amount of "Education" will solve the problem. My ideal would be that we have Workshops for the Mentally Ill and Drug Addicts also. At the moment there is an Abyss that is very hard to climb out because once you are Stigmatised there is no way back! There should be basic benefits for those that DON'T want to work and then rewards for people that do. What is the point of all these people picking up the pieces with over 40,000 New Zealanders seeking Drug and Alcohol counselling if there is nothing for them to do but fall into the same traps again?