Posted on 10/04/2017 8:34:28 AM PDT by KeyLargo
Deinstitutionalization: How Does It Affect You Today? What Is the Real Cause of Mass Shootings Today?
By Kimberly Amadeo Updated July 11, 2017
Definition: Deinstitutionalization is a government policy that moved mental health patients out of state-run "insane asylums" into federally funded community mental health centers. It began in the 1960s as a way to improve treatment of the mentally ill while also cutting government budgets.
In 1955, the number peaked at 558,000 patients or 0.03 percent of the population. If the same percentage of the population were institutionalized today, that would be 750,000 mentally ill people.
That's more than the population of Baltimore or San Francisco.
Between 1955 and 1994, roughly 487,000 mentally ill patients were discharged from state hospitals. That lowered the number to only 72,000 patients. States closed most of their hospitals. That permanently reduced the availability of long-term, in-patient care facilities. By 2010, there were 43,000 psychiatric beds available. This equated to about 14 beds per 100,000 people. This was the same ratio as in 1850. (Source: “Timeline: Deinstitutionalization and Its Consequences,” Mother Jones, April 29, 2013.)
As a result, 2.2 million of the severely mentally ill do not receive any psychiatric treatment at all. About 200,000 of those who suffer from schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are homeless. That's one-third of the total homeless population. Ten percent are veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder or other war-related injuries.
(Source: "Deinstitutionalization and the Homeless Mentally Ill," Hospital Community Psychiatry, September 1984, 35(9), 899-907.)
More than 300,000 are in jails and prisons. This means 16 percent of all inmates are severely mentally ill. There were about 100,000 psychiatric beds in both public and private hospitals.
(Excerpt) Read more at thebalance.com ...
brain tumor
guy 'snapped'
pills
'random killing' - didn't know it was Trump supporters he was targeting... and now it's "Deinstitutionalization"
BS
BULLSH*T
Here what it really is: the killer was a WHITE LIBERAL ELITE WHO HATED TRUMP SUPPORTERS.
HE HAD THE SAME 'DISEASE' THAT CNN HAS, THAT BLM HAS, THAT NFL OWNERS HAVE THAT HOLLYWOOD HAS - - AN EXTREME HATRED OF TRADITIONAL AMERICANS...
Sin.
Carved in stone above an entrance to the DOJ in DC, “Repression Breeds Violence”
As our rulers repress us more, violence will increase until a tipping point is reached.
Democrats.
This is also a huge driver behind the homeless problem, a high percentage of whom are mentally ill and have no interest in the services the do-gooders think will solve the problem.
Governments 11th commandment. There is no right or wrong. If it feels good, do it. You are not responsible, you are a victim.
Was this guy’s behavior certifiable before the killings?
No. Then deinstitutionalizing has no bearing on it.
Crazy people don’t think their crazy.. This is the problem, sane people have to take action.
That individual had no history of mental illness, said some early reports. May be right, may be wrong.
Think Islam or insanity.
This guy was a licensed pilot, worked as a DoD contractor (clearance), and was a multi-millionaire. Given the background, medical history and level of functioning required, the only way he would have ever come under the scrutiny of “mental health professionals” is if he wanted to. The authors points are reasonable, but this guy is NOT a good case to make the point, he is the exception if anything.
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This is true.
Yes, God has been replaced in our society with instant gratification.
I started this thread to not give some Leftist excuse for this mass murderer,
I truly believe that many people are Evil, and this murderer is Evil.
see article.
https://www.redstate.com/streiff/2017/10/04/call-evil-by-its-real-name/
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