You know the news is from 1970 because back then there was a mental institution for people like him. And it’s not like we have fewer issues now.
Late 18th to early 19th c. people with compassion and insight opened sanitariums to provide care for folks with brain disorders. Much of the care was truly revolutionary and helpful. Some of it was other things. The public was impressed and inspired.
The founders died off and institutions continued on without their vision. The public lost interest; funds waned but need did not.
By the 1980s institutions were no longer safe or caring. The public had moved on. Few in power knew or cared.
Politicians saw funding streams they could grab w/o risking reelection and forced our MI population into homelessness.
We're still there. My 5 state institutions are dangerous hellholes. Homeless are everywhere here.
source: w/o long-term inpatient care, wife left the family to become homeless
>We're still there. My 5 state institutions are dangerous hellholes. Homeless are everywhere here.
Implies that "Homeless are everywhere here" wouldn't be the case if the institutions were good. I disagree. I believe that if the institutions were good there would still be homeless people, unless somebody declares to be living on the streets to be a mental condition that warrants forced institutionalization.
OPs view is that lack of MI (A) results in homelessness (B). You're taking that further and making the argument that the existence of homelessness (B) implies lack of good institutions (A) - an argument OP didn't make.