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It's really sad that this isn't a priority in the United States. Somehow we have so little money for the government to pay for anything, that any possible solut
by lilsunnybee 14y ago
It's really sad that this isn't a priority in the United States. Somehow we have so little money for the government to pay for anything, that any possible solutions are either underfunded or written off completely. Overloaded case workers, run-down facilities, lack of facilities, lack of integrated programs, are just a few of the consequences.
It's an odd sort of poverty where all sorts of gadgets and innovations are commonplace, but where the marginalized in society still suffer through neglect and lack of funding for any viable solutions.
- nollidge 14y agoThis raises an interesting question - what do other countries do? Have any of them achieved any significant success in managing the care of their schizophrenic citizens in particular?
- efa 14y agoHow much money would save this man? You going to build him a golden prison to live in. Schizophrenics hate being medicated. They are miserable. So they go off their medication and run away. It's not a question of money. Please stop the "we are so horrible because we don't spend enough money." That's the lazy minded answer to an extremely complex issue.
- zanny 14y agoThey are human beings though, so if they chose not to accept help or medication you can't force it on them. You lose a lot more taking away individual freedoms over what you deem abnormal or mentally ill than you do from the suffering making potentially poor life choices.