There was optimism that the new psychopharm drugs were going to take care of a lot of people. There was naivety over how well people would adhere to their medication regimen. So, in today’s mental hospitals, people look and act more or less normal, because they’re medicated properly. Back in the day there was nothing to be done but tie them down till it passed.
the drugs work sometimes
but the patient has to comply
hard to do for shiz patients
many of them on streets
need a safe place for them
which would make it safer for all