[brandonmenc]

> But most importantly you can blame Ronald Reagan for dismantling the states mental health infrastructure.

Again, with this.

Any time the "Reagan dismantled mental health!" argument comes up, all I can ever find are references to the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act - which was co-authored by Democrats, and followed the accepted medical advice of the time - and vague accusations of acts by a Congress more often than not Democrat-controlled under Reagan's tenure.

What specifically did Reagan himself do?

[hga]

They all were following JFK's (and Eisenhower's) Best and Brightest, as enshrined in the Federal 1963 Community Mental Health Act (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Mental_Health_Act), all that done back when he was on the "rubber chicken circuit" for GE; he had no political power until becoming governor in 1967.