I think the way to get these people into the mental institutes is to pitch them on the free room and board aspect of it. I know people don’t like spending tax money on that, but they are spending our tax money on stupid shit anyway, so why not this? If they are checking in of their own free will, where is the controversy? If they are allowed to leave whenever they want, who will complain? But the main thing will be they are there, off the streets, and they are contained. If they actually heal and return to sanity, that would be a bonus.