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In reply to the discussion: The Reagan deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill and the incredible increase of crime in the US [View all]Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)32. Reagan sucked, but "incredible increase in crime?" Links?
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The Reagan deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill and the incredible increase of crime in the US [View all]
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
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He appealed to older white Americans who pined for their uncomplicated lives and teens because he
Boomerproud
Apr 2014
#21
And if you're depressed and have no addictions to drugs or alcohol, they have no groups for you
Manifestor_of_Light
Apr 2014
#2
Hmm. Must be miserably bad programs. Here's where the mentally disabled is being treated now
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#26
The roots of deinstitutionalization (aka community-based out-patient treatment) are pre-WW2
HereSince1628
Apr 2014
#7
Geraldo on Willowbrook was 1970...Wiseman's doc on Bridgewater (Titticut Follies) was 1967
HereSince1628
Apr 2014
#18
There has been an incredible increase in "mental illness-related" calls to police, not
pampango
Apr 2014
#5
Medicine is heading in a highly customizable direction and it is sorely needed for medicine for
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2014
#19
well of course it would be better if the profits were taken out of it. I'm just saying that
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2014
#30
Untreated mentally ill are dangerous. There are groups such as Scientology, who are against
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#29
Thanks to St. Ronnie and his acolytes prison is the new mental health system.
raouldukelives
Apr 2014
#9
The answer for some is institutionalization. Not like that in the Middle Ages, but one in which
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#31
What incredible increase? The overall crime rate has been decreasing for the past 20 years.
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2014
#10
Reagan was the worst President ever, but US crime rates have been falling
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2014
#11
We need better access to psychiatrists, psychologists and medicines, not institutionalization.
liberal_at_heart
Apr 2014
#20
Here's where the mentally ill with no care end up because they commit crimes and end up in prison...
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#34
So it not really an overall increase in crime but rather an increase of mentally ill in prisons. Nt
hack89
Apr 2014
#45
Mental illness needs to be treated but many families are not able to afford
Thinkingabout
Apr 2014
#35
Wow, I just looked that up on Amazon, and I'm going to order it. Thank you! It should be
Sarah Ibarruri
Apr 2014
#44