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In reply to the discussion: Those who stigmatize mental illness are harming my family, they can all fuck off. [View all]liberalhistorian
(20,818 posts)someone will actually get "treatment" in a "secure facility"? Do you not realize the large percentage of mentally ill individuals who are incarcerated in prisons, being criminalized and receiving NO TREATMENT WHATSOEVER and it is only getting worse with budget cuts and lack of prioritizing of such treatment? Do you not realize that there is a shortage of, and lack of access to, desperately needed mental health treatment even for those who are not jailed and that this is a severe problem? Do you not realize that this problem is "dealt with" by stigmatizing and locking people up where they, again and listen carefully here, receive NO TREATMENT because there's both no money for it and no desire to spend money on it?
Do you not realize that such attitudes, including as yours, only serve to further stigmatize both those with mental illnesses and those who are "different" (like aspies, etc.), which causes a further criminalizing crackdown on them, which only exacerbates the problem? You seriously, honestly believe that people locked up in "secure" facilities actually get the treatment they need? Really? What color is the sky on your planet?