Hollywood smeared the mental health industry with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and within 15 years the institution system was being dismantled Politicians didn't want to pay for it People lost jobs Patients lost care facilities And many were forced out on the street
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We need to stop bickering about which “side” defunded the US mental health system And start asking which side is going to fix the problem
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My father and grandmother both spent their careers working in mental health Their service to the community, even in austere conditions has always had a deep influence on me And if you're wondering, my mom also works in healthcare, developing medicines
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"Are you talking about more government programs, Poso?" Not specifically But this is an area where the concept of institutionalization itself needs to be rehabilitated in order to restore its much-needed role in public health
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And a whole bunch of people didn’t want to pay for them either
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