Trebach on Nostr: The US public mental health system is a disaster and has been since the 1980's, when ...

The US public mental health system is a disaster and has been since the 1980's, when it was deliberately defended by Reagan.

One guy stabbed his father while in a mental health episode and then took his own life because the courts couldn't find an open bed in the state to place him in a 72 hour emergency psychiatric hold the previous day: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-gus-deeds-had-emergency-mental-health-exam-monday/