My uncle died in 2009 in a room alone, straight jacketed. He suffered a cardiac arrest likely cause by terror at a country hospital in Wisconsin. He had commit

My uncle died in 2009 in a room alone, straight jacketed. He suffered a cardiac arrest likely cause by terror at a country hospital in Wisconsin. He had committed himself and was dead within 24 hours. It wasn't the first time the hospital has killed a patient using the same technique. In the subsequent years I have spent a lot of time thinking about why he died and the indifference of those around him when he was most vulnerable. Law enforcement refused to investigate mostly on the grounds that he was insane and there was nothing anyone could do. He had three kids and a wife who was a social worker. She was later fired as the state of Wisconsin decided social services where no longer a priority. I've come to the conclusion that most of us would rather ignore the problem of mental illness rather than solve it. It's more convenient to kill the ill than treat them and society simply looks the other way. I am given hope that his son is now a leading neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate at UC Davis. He has vowed to not let his father's death be in vain.