Yikes! There sure were problems with mental health treatment in the past. However, I'm not sure the answer is letting the mentally ill slowly die on the street.

Yikes! There sure were problems with mental health treatment in the past. However, I'm not sure the answer is letting the mentally ill slowly die on the street. Perhaps there is a way to implement asylums for the mentally ill in a way that doesn't involve involuntary disfigurement and mental anguish bordering on torture.