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This is always missing from the arguments. Sure mental health treatment and agencies are notoriously underfunded, understaffed, and underpaid. But Mostly we h
by Loughla 5y ago
This is always missing from the arguments.
Sure mental health treatment and agencies are notoriously underfunded, understaffed, and underpaid. But
Mostly we have a society that views those with mental health struggles as 'less than' and not fully adults, because they can't support themselves in some fashion and contribute to the GDP (from a very 10,000 foot view).
We can pay for support all we want, until society at large stops viewing these people as burdens, it's not going to really fix anything.
- s1artibartfast 5y agoTo to be fair, a big part of the solution is recognizing these people as burdens, and deciding who will carry that burden and how. The idea that some of these people will ever be self sufficient is equally a challenge.
- lazide 5y agoIgnoring that many folks in this place are not only burdens, but severely incapable of handling themselves in a way normally required for adults doesn't help the situation either. It's a sliding scale, and one that people can show up on at different points on every single day. Ignoring that a specific individual can and or is spending all or most of it in a place that would have them dead in a week without external help, or injuring innocent bystanders, just makes the problem worse. With medication and lack of compliance, some very bad cases could get from perfectly functional to that state in a day or less.