Letters to the Editor: California made a huge mistake closing its psychiatric hospitals (via latimesopinion)
As a firefighter and paramedic in Santa Barbara, I responded to medical emergencies involving homeless people, getting to know their stories and histories. Most homeless people I assisted suffered from schizophrenia.
The reason the mental health system is broken is the closure of state mental health hospitals starting in 1967, which was overseen by Gov. Ronald Reagan. The promise was that we would get smaller, community-based facilities, but those were not built.I believe a major step to addressing homelessness and to treating people with severe mental illnesses, like Nicolas in your article, is to return to the practice of institutionalizing people against their will.
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