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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2531129" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>The Feds quit feathering the "cuckoo's nest"...</p><p></p><p>"Massive deinstitutionalization in the 1970s and 1980s, well before communities had organized reasonable community services, contributed to neglect of people with mental illnesses and homelessness. Major changes in mental health law made coercive interventions less possible. Some commentators in the media saw this as “crazy on the streets” and “rotting with one’s rights on.” Although we already had some reasonably effective antipsychotic and antidepressant medications, they had many serious side effects, patients found them aversive, and nonadherence to medication was rampant. Residence in the community also allowed access to street drugs and alcohol, resulting in substantial increases in psychiatric and substance abuse comorbidities. These patients posed serious treatment and management problems and were increasingly arrested and jailed..."</p><p></p><p><a href="http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/6/1548.full" target="_blank">http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/6/1548.full</a></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/static.guim.co.uk_sys_images_Books_Pix_pictures_2009_2_6_123395863002059d0cd5965fec8f4f480ae38.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2531129, member: 1294"] The Feds quit feathering the "cuckoo's nest"... "Massive deinstitutionalization in the 1970s and 1980s, well before communities had organized reasonable community services, contributed to neglect of people with mental illnesses and homelessness. Major changes in mental health law made coercive interventions less possible. Some commentators in the media saw this as “crazy on the streets” and “rotting with one’s rights on.” Although we already had some reasonably effective antipsychotic and antidepressant medications, they had many serious side effects, patients found them aversive, and nonadherence to medication was rampant. Residence in the community also allowed access to street drugs and alcohol, resulting in substantial increases in psychiatric and substance abuse comorbidities. These patients posed serious treatment and management problems and were increasingly arrested and jailed..." [url]http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/26/6/1548.full[/url] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/static.guim.co.uk_sys_images_Books_Pix_pictures_2009_2_6_123395863002059d0cd5965fec8f4f480ae38.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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