Libs say Reagan shut them down. Is that true. Twitter people say it constantly. So annoying. Have no idea Id true so I just block them.
No, I worked at Elgin Mental Health Center back in the 1970s and that was when there was a big push to discharge people to their families or more likely for profit group homes. Many of those were in the Chicago uptown area and people living there wanted to know why they were getting all these ex-patients in their neighborhood.
1984 New York Times - HOW RELEASE OF MENTAL PATIENTS BEGAN
So the answer is no. President Reagan did release a lot of them after being pushed by public opinion demanding the release of these insane people, but the push started years before he became President.