08-06-2015, 03:13 PM
(08-06-2015, 02:18 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote: 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.
This comment made me recall the lawmaker whose son shot him in Virginia, I think it was. He tried very hard to get some help for his kid and was turned away.