Inpatient mental health facilities are mainly for the wealthy since deregulation in the Reagan era. That was almost 40 years ago. At this point, you have to be

Inpatient mental health facilities are mainly for the wealthy since deregulation in the Reagan era. That was almost 40 years ago. At this point, you have to be a danger to yourself, at which point they admit you to a hospital for treatment, or a danger to others, at which point they put you in jail. Both of these facilities have become defacto mental health facilities for the poor and lower middle class, I'm sorry to say. This isn't a "becoming" issue, this issue already happened.