The regression of the USA from mental health treatment has caused crisis with drug related additions. Now, the USA has been forced to ask police forces to impliment regimes to safe people's lives with "Narcan." I think that is good for the police and the people, however, it can't stop there. The USA needs to have far more mental health beds and end this addiction environment forever.
By Samantha Raphelson
...The United States (click here) manages to incarcerate more mentally ill adults per 100,000 people than other high-income countries incarcerate, period. Presumably, Lionel Penrose would feel vindicated, albeit without any satisfaction....
A severe shortage of inpatient care (click here) for people with mental illness is amounting to a public health crisis, as the number of individuals struggling with a range of psychiatric problems continues to rise.
The revelation that the gunman in the Sutherland Springs, Texas, church shooting escaped from a psychiatric hospital in 2012 is renewing concerns about the state of mental health care in this country. A study published in the journal Psychiatric Services estimates 3.4 percent of Americans — more than 8 million people — suffer from serious psychological problems....
