As the article points out, access is a huge issue. Also a culture that criminalizes rather than treats. Guess we can thank Reagan for that omnibus budget reconciliation that gutted the MHSA
>”Guess we can thank Reagan for that omnibus budget reconciliation that gutted the MHSA”
I keep hearing this, but if this move was such an obviously bad thing why hasn’t it been undone yet?
I know the local chapter of the ACLU screams bloody murder whenever the city tries to institutionalize some of the local homeless population. Even if there was substantial bipartisan support for undoing what Regan changed in the 80’s, it seems like a plethora of other challenges stops it.
In which case, it seems unproductive to keep blaming Reagan.
Perceptions are not exactly glowing in 2022. Currently, the popular public face of involuntary custodianship is Britney Spears, and even I'll acknowledge that the justice system's relationship to mental health seems catastrophically broken. I would honestly rather be sent to prison than an institution in most situations, for a shorter term sentence situation.
The fact that anyone who has sought mental health treatment can be at a disadvantage in civil or criminal cases as a result is abhorrent. There should be much more stringent limits on the availability of this kind of information in the discovery process.
I keep hearing this, but if this move was such an obviously bad thing why hasn’t it been undone yet?
I know the local chapter of the ACLU screams bloody murder whenever the city tries to institutionalize some of the local homeless population. Even if there was substantial bipartisan support for undoing what Regan changed in the 80’s, it seems like a plethora of other challenges stops it.
In which case, it seems unproductive to keep blaming Reagan.