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[quote=Anonymous]I cannot recall the name but I am sure someone on this thread remembers the story of the Virginia senator (state, I think?) whose psychotic son seriously injured him and then took his own life a few years back. I bring it up because it is the perfect illustration of how even if you have a dedicated parent actively seeking help for a mentally ill child who is willing to get treatment, and even if that parent has ample financial resources and is more politically powerful than 99% of the population, it can still be impossible to get a bed while in a mental health crisis. Beyond that any of us who have any experience with the system know that even IF you get a bed, treatment falls far short. I once involuntarily committed a guy to the state mental hospital two days after his family cut him down from a tree and resuscitated him after he had hung himself. Our hearing was in the morning, he arrived at the state hospital a few hours later and I got a fax noticing me of his release from the state hospital four days later. I stirred the pot all the way up the food chain but could not get them to keep him longer - they put him on psych meds that take weeks to take effect and sent him home to the Rez where aftercare resources were practically nonexistent - but he had a plan! for what he could do if the resources existed. I don’t blame the hospitals - they are overrun and understaffed and simply don’t have the resources to provide the appropriate care. The only people who stay long term are the ones on forensic orders - the ‘criminally insane’ who have committed serious crimes of violence.

Does everyone see the disconnect? Of course you do. But not in the voting booth.

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