The common treatment for psychiatric patients appears to be putting them on the streets... That’s what they’re doing where I live. You walk out your door and they’re all out there ‘looning out’ out in public. The old standard of keeping them housed ended decades ago.
That happened in the 1980s.
We really need to get the real nuts off the streets. They are a danger to everyone. But housing them is expensive and getting a place like that staffed would be a nightmare. Your tax dollars would reflect that. I am not sure the country is in the mood for that.
I think we should get some sort of housing for them…but I am probably in the minority.
There is a strange guy that lives with his mother about five houses up the street. A few times a week he walks by, talking nonsense, vulgarity or just talking to himself at the top of his voice (Tourette syndrome?). The police are aware of him and keeps track of what he does.