The policy that led to the release of most of the nation’s mentally ill patients from the hospital to the community is now widely regarded as a major failure.
Sweeping critiques of the policy, notably the recent report of the American Psychiatric Association, have spread the blame everywhere, faulting politicians, civil libertarian lawyers and psychiatrists.
A detailed picture has emerged from a series of interviews and a review of public records, research reports and institutional recommendations. The picture is one of cost-conscious policy makers, who were quick to buy optimistic projections that were, in some instances, buttressed by misinformation and by a willingness to suspend skepticism.
“As a nation we should not offer any kind of mental health care. People should just stop it and pick themselves up by their boot straps, gosh darn it!”
Regarding Panel Two: You didn’t have to be crazy to fight the British. Some of our ancestors from Scotland, Ireland and Wales escaped to the colonies to avoid persecution by the Brits, and would have fought them six days a week and twice on Sundays. Later, during the Whiskey Rebellion, many of the same patriots were slapped in the face by a military response from the new U$ government over Hamilton’s Whiskey Tax – a tax that favored large distillers (including a couple of founding fathers – natch) over poor Appalachians seeking to supplement their farming incomes.
Silly Season over 6 years ago
Reopen the mental health centers that Reagan closed.
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/30/science/how-release-of-mental-patients-began.html?pagewanted=all
The policy that led to the release of most of the nation’s mentally ill patients from the hospital to the community is now widely regarded as a major failure.
Sweeping critiques of the policy, notably the recent report of the American Psychiatric Association, have spread the blame everywhere, faulting politicians, civil libertarian lawyers and psychiatrists.
A detailed picture has emerged from a series of interviews and a review of public records, research reports and institutional recommendations. The picture is one of cost-conscious policy makers, who were quick to buy optimistic projections that were, in some instances, buttressed by misinformation and by a willingness to suspend skepticism.
Striped Cat over 6 years ago
“As a nation we should not offer any kind of mental health care. People should just stop it and pick themselves up by their boot straps, gosh darn it!”
Radish the wordsmith over 6 years ago
Good thing the Republicans made it easier for mentally ill people on SSI to buy guns.
Strawberry Hellcat: Gair I gall, ffon I’r anghall over 6 years ago
Regarding Panel Two: You didn’t have to be crazy to fight the British. Some of our ancestors from Scotland, Ireland and Wales escaped to the colonies to avoid persecution by the Brits, and would have fought them six days a week and twice on Sundays. Later, during the Whiskey Rebellion, many of the same patriots were slapped in the face by a military response from the new U$ government over Hamilton’s Whiskey Tax – a tax that favored large distillers (including a couple of founding fathers – natch) over poor Appalachians seeking to supplement their farming incomes.
vorpal7 over 6 years ago
Is this a novel or a comic strip…too long and not good. You’re fired!