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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Amen. It is tragic that so many mentally ill people roam the streets suffering in ways we cannot imagine. How is suffering alone on the street a better alternative to an institution???
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Agreed Mental Health needs to be addressed by our government
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I saw what happened when they closed the mental health facility near me (Pine Land) and saw lots of homeless move to Portland. Some even went back as squatters to live in the abandoned asylum. It was terrible.
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I worked in mental health in Sacramento County until I was held hostage and there was no one to help me for 3 hours. I alone saved myself and by the grace of God my words talked the angry man out of killing me.,
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Agreed!
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Agree...we need to do better, and closing them down alltogether and not replacing w a system that works...neither govt or private is not the solution, clearly.
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Totally agreement. The balance is between personal liberty and forced institutionalization, and who determines the levels of “personal autonomy”. It’s obvious the current homeless trend is inexorably tied to the decrease in mental facilities.
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Why SPEND money to help the mentally ill ... when you can MAKE MONEY by getting them addicted?
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How many are on the streets and how many are on Twitter?
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