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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:52 PM Original message |
Bring back the State Mental Health Institutions |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. no. don't. |
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bettyellen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:27 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. i have to say my cousin group home was horrifying compared to the state |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
2. what I know about a county mental hospital. |
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TomClash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Eerie |
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lightningandsnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. NO. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. BiPolar is best treated outpatient |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. You said that very well. My brother who also has bipolar is living |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, fuck no, and if you know anything about these places you should be ashamed to say that |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Look - I think you all assume I want the old methods to be used |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. So what good would that do? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. He might not, but then again he might |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. The college suggested to him to get a mental health evaluation |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Free Will is a bitch |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 04:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. there is a mental health infrastructure in this country |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
12. No, no Jesus Christ, no. |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. +1 |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'd be afraid that we'd be locking the mentally ill up with |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:53 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Well Mr. Loughner was out. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. No I'm looking for a voluntary solution |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 10:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. If you don't force people into it, it won't do any good. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. So you're saying let them starve? Let them live in squalor in our inner cities? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. No, I am not saying that. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Then what the hell are you saying then? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. That people who are danger to themselves or others should |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Well yeah - that's the case today |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
19. Our state mental hospital in MS |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, bring back the factory line lobotomy! n/t |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. I'm not talking about coercion, just providing services (aka therapy and meds... |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. In America, the state institution was very much the horror movie some describe it as. |
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cynatnite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. State mental institutions were horror movies in real life... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Well then DON'T DO LOBOTOMYS OR EST |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Let's make sure the ones that are already around aren't total shit |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:32 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Agreed |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I am not, per se, opposed to more mental hospitals in the country |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
27. And do we force people into them or do we give those who can |
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Celeborn Skywalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-11-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
30. NM has one |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 04:43 AM Response to Original message |
37. Reagan, and that BS about freeing these poor souls |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
38. Taverner - I worked at The State School for the Mentally Retarded(name at the time) |
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Sgent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
39. Not really in support of them |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-11 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
40. Fuck no! the people should be living in group homes in the community. |
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