Subj : Mental health disablities
To   : MATTHEW MUNSON
From : Dumas Walker
Date : Tue Sep 24 2024 09:48:00

> -> Recently, the closest large (and leftist) city to me has been in a lot of
> -> trouble for what their police and jail system have been up to.  However, on
> -> of the most recent things they've been criticised for is putting people wit
> -> obvious mental conditions into the local state-run psych hospital rather
> -> than into "mainstreaming programs."

> If mainstreaming programs fail, then the psych hospital would be the
> place they would be. I would rather give people an opportunity to live a
> somewhat functional life.

I would change that to "place they should be."  I am not in charge, though,
and I get the impression that if mainstreaming fails, they either keep
trying it or just give up vs. hospitalization.  That is, until if/when the
should-be patient does something really criminal which is too late.

> I also want to make it where if you want the assistance you would be
> required to have regular maintence of your health issues such as
> bi-weekly checkins or appointments.

Yeah, they certainly cannot let them go unsupervised.  It is not at all
supportive and could be dangerous.


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