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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 3085122" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Tough call since there were so many reports of abuses in the asylums. But it's also notable that the article stated that "From the beginning, it was clear that CMHCs were not interested in taking care of the patients being discharged from the state hospitals. Instead, they focused on individuals with less severe problems sometimes called "the worried well." We have to ask why that was how it went. Was it because they couldn't help some of the worst cases so they concentrated on those they thought they could help, or was it because like we have seen with other Gov. funded private entities that the easy and most profitable was the path chosen. I worked at Parkside for a couple of years, I saw some regulars who were brought in by the cops over and over who stayed there doing the Thorazine shuffle(to make them tolerable and manageable) until their time limit was up and they were released. Then there were others(regulars and first timers) who often were put there for criminal acts but excused from jail because of their illness, they got light meds and fun little counseling sessions and coloring books until they were released. Question is should some of them been held responsible for their actions with jail so the more serious cases could have been worked with more?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 3085122, member: 1294"] Tough call since there were so many reports of abuses in the asylums. But it's also notable that the article stated that "From the beginning, it was clear that CMHCs were not interested in taking care of the patients being discharged from the state hospitals. Instead, they focused on individuals with less severe problems sometimes called "the worried well." We have to ask why that was how it went. Was it because they couldn't help some of the worst cases so they concentrated on those they thought they could help, or was it because like we have seen with other Gov. funded private entities that the easy and most profitable was the path chosen. I worked at Parkside for a couple of years, I saw some regulars who were brought in by the cops over and over who stayed there doing the Thorazine shuffle(to make them tolerable and manageable) until their time limit was up and they were released. Then there were others(regulars and first timers) who often were put there for criminal acts but excused from jail because of their illness, they got light meds and fun little counseling sessions and coloring books until they were released. Question is should some of them been held responsible for their actions with jail so the more serious cases could have been worked with more? [/QUOTE]
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