Reagan's Releasing The Mentally Ill From Asylums Has Left Them Worse Off

Reagan's Releasing The Mentally Ill From Asylums Has Left Them Worse Off
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/reagans-freeing-mentally-ill-from.html

"The Caging Of America: American Prisons Routinely Used To Incarcerate The Mentally Ill. 500,000 Behind Bars"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/07/american-prisons-routinely-used-to.html

The Caging Of America: Why Do We Lock Up So Many People?
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/04/caging-of-america-why-do-we-lock-up-so.html

Freeing the mentally ill from asylums has left them worse off, argues Christine Montross, a psychiatrist. "The goals of maximizing personal autonomy and civil liberties for the mentally ill are admirable. But as a result, my patients with chronic psychotic illnesses cycle between emergency hospitalizations and inadequate outpatient care. They are treated by community mental health centers whose overburdened psychiatrists may see even the sickest patients for only 20 minutes every three months. Many patients struggle with homelessness. Many are incarcerated." The New York Times