Why not just free psychological assistance? I don't think like a forced test is a good way to fix issues. It's not like the psychologist comes, fixes your brain and then you're all good.
People need to want to improve their life, the psychologist assists in that process.
and we just let them crawl around society.
This is enough to tell that you don't give a shit about the people themselves and understand the authoritarian bent to this proposal.
I care about people not being mentally unstable
See there's that tricky phrasing again. Saying "not mentally unstable" instead of "mental health" gives away the game.
Four years ago, I managed to finally find a medical practice in my area that was accepting new patients. Earliest available appointment was 6 weeks away, so I scheduled it and then waited.
A couple nights before my check-up, something came up (maybe dog was sick that night) and I got next to no sleep that night. Still had to work the next day so I didn't get a chance to catch up on sleep, and then the following night something else happened (partner was having night terrors). Then I go in for my check-up the following day with a couple sleepless nights under my belt, which was not typical at all, feeling like complete poop, and they have me fill out a psychological questionnaire.
There were questions like "In the last 5 days, how many nights have you had trouble sleeping?" "Do you currently feel tired or irritable" "In the past 5 days have you had trouble staying awake during your normal daily activities" and many other that don't really take any real history or perfectly reasonable explanations about why the last 5 days were outliers.
Anyway, the outcome is that I was immediately labeled as high anxiety and depression risk based on that one assessment. And now four years later, every time I go to the primary care place, they push me to go get psychiatric testing and ask about my anxiety and depression.
Honestly it really felt like a real-life equivalent of the "Not-sure" scene from Idiocracy and I definitely don't want that having actual real world consequences on me.
On the other hand, I've seen numerous people even just here on Lemmy over the past few years who seem very likely to be mentally unwell and there's a part of me that thinks it would be nice if there was a way I could help them.
Regrettably, stuff like this would be ripe for abuse with the current regime.
You will have no idea whether this would be abused or not. It's speculation on your part and the others saying such things. You're saying it with certainty. I find most of you cynical thinkers.
A high-stakes "pass or lose freedom" test is the absolute dumbest idea anyone could attempt right now. If you do this in the UK, being trans or anti-israel will fail you. If you do this in the USA, not being "MAGA" will be enough.
Universal health care with some form of applicable sabbatical / vacation / recuperation leave will fix most of the problems you note. A real UBI would fix most of the rest.
Your politics, support or lack of support for a country and gender has nothing to do with psychological test don't worry
Who defines what "mental stability" is, and how is this not just a tool to throw undesirables in camps?
How does psychology diagnosed mental illness right now? Same techniques
A diagnosis is not the same thing as mental instability. You can have a mental illness that is stable and not be at significant risk of decompensation.
That's what the evaluation is for. To see who is unstable. Sigh
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