Reagan signed the Lanterman-Petris-Short Act in 1967, all but ending the practice of institutionalizing patients against their will. When deinstitutionalization began 50 years ago, California mistakenly relied on community treatment facilities, which were never built. https://dailyjustnow.com/en/what-president-closed-mental-institutions-52856/

Ronald Reagan's shameful legacy: Violence, the homeless, mental illness https://www.salon.com/2013/09/29/ronald_reagans_shameful_legacy_violence_the_homeless_mental_illness/

President Reagan on Mental Health Crises 1986-PART 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9UdthvnmD8

President Reagan on Mental Health Crises 1986-part2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DK12kX37R8

Ronald Reagan: A Rockefeller Asset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0NmeMW1Hck

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So he allowed each state to determine how they were going to handle mental health patients? If there was abuse in institutions, FIX IT. He said people could live at home and go to outpatient facilities? They don't HAVE a home and they WON'T GO to outpatient facilities.

I remember when Reagan was president. It FELT like everything was going to Hell because it was. I lived it. Work went from working hard and feeling satisfaction to feeling like you got hit by a train and hating your job. He doesn't get a pass from me.