How Do We Deal with the Violently Mentally Ill?

[sylvan8798]

@WISdad23

Younger people might not remember but we used to have thousands of state hospital beds, no antipsychotic medications, and thousands of chronically mentally ill committed indefinitely. When de-institutionalization happened in the 60’s and subsequently, many thought is was a civil rights success.

Many of those places were fairly horrific. I don’t think going back to that state would be a good solution.

As far as stigma, it probably doesn’t help that the prez is calling the Florida shooter a “sicko”.