08-06-2015, 02:18 PM
(08-06-2015, 01:27 PM)JsMom Wrote: That's the problem. These mentally ill people can't get any fucking help, although, I know some wouldn't take it if they could.
I agree; it's definitely a problem.
Way back in the day, some people were committed to mental institutions too easily because they were weird, unwanted, a nuisance and/or their illness was not understood. Some of the patients were not treated at all, and there was a lot of abuse/neglect in the state mental institutions.
Now, it's almost impossible to get adults committed to a mental health facility against their will, even when it's in their own best interest and that of society. So, there are a hell of a lot of mentally ill people in jails/prisons or living on the streets.
People with paranoid schizophrenia and other severe diseases/disorders often won't believe they need medication/care, so offering it and making them responsible for carrying through isn't a valid permanent solution.
Anyway, I've ready many cases of people who committed horrendous crimes; people who themselves or whose families knew they were losing it and sought help, only to be turned away for lack of openings/beds in the too-few facilities. Some of them had succeeded in getting admitted at some point, only to have doctors write them a prescription and release them back into society shortly thereafter.