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
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.
Public perception of mental health facilities were dire in that era. Think of how influential One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was.