π€£πππ€£I think we need to Make Mental Intuitions Great Again...π€£πππ€£
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Wow, I guess so. Many of you do not know, or were not around when the majority of mental hospitals in America were emptied and shuttered. This was the beginning of the homeless problems in America. There were no homeless people, for the most part, before this happened. In NY it was Gov.Rockefeller who did this. Other states I don't know who caused it, probably their governors. Now and for many years, those with mental disorders are housed in prisons and jails, because, obviously, they are apt to commit "crimes" such as you see in this video. Isn't it kinder to house these people in institutions devoted to helping them, and not in correctional facilities? In my town there is a very large building which was originally called the "Lunatic Asylum", and which has been empty for decades. When it opened, it was a model of "Moral therapy", where patients worked in producing their food, sewing their own clothing, and enjoying plays, concerts and other entertainments, attending church services and talking to doctors about their problems. There were no drugs to administer, and that was good, since we know psych drugs NEVER cure anyone. What we do now is drug people up and render them unable to be "normal". When someone tells me they want to go to a mental hospital, I tell them "You won't like it. All they do is drug you into oblivion." Some don't believe this, but it is true. So, can we find our way back to being kind and helping people, or are we stuck with taking over their brains and destroying their sense of self?????
Indeed. Good assessment.
I am old enough to remember and you are 100% correct