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> significant difference in clinical outcomes But by removing these peiple from the streets nd the libraries, even if they are not cured themselves, we avoid a

• scruple 8y ago
  My (controversial?) opinion is that the civil commitment laws aren't good enough. A (mentally ill) person shouldn't have to become a danger to others or themselves before a serious conversation about involuntary commitment can be had. And I acknowledge and fully accept that this is a very rough position to hold today. But, it is born out of over a decade of direct personal experience. It's come from watching the state of California continually fail to provide adequate support to my clinically diagnosed family member, to our family as people who care about this person, as well as failing to protect to public from him time and time again.
• mercer 8y ago
  but we're also conveniently shielded from having to come up with actual good and humane solutions to the problems these people have. I don't think the benefits are worth the cost. We have a long history of simply 'hiding' people who were inconvenient and/or problematic, where in many cases various forms of treatment have essentially solved the problem. I personally remember a time where kids with AD(H)D were sent to 'special schools', lumped together with others who often had more severe problems, for example. I definitely think things got a bit better now that we found ways to keep these kids integrated in society.