Well in my oppinion this is a difficult topic.
Because is it fair to lock someone up for the rest of his/her life because he/she was once “insane” and there for not responsible for what he did?
Even at times where he/she is clearly stable now?
Of course on the other side potential victims have to be protected.
I guess there is no perfekt solution to this one.
Sorry but IMHO this is NOT a difficult topic. Paranoid schizos have a serious and most often permanent condition. In all likelihood they won’t ever be “normal” as we view the term. They are dangerous and need to be in an environment that protects the general public. Again, we don’t let rabid dogs roam neighborhoods now do we?
No, there is not........my best friend had a brother (he died last summer) who was diagnosed as schizophrenic back in the mid 80's who was initially "interned" at Michigan's state mental hospital on the ward for the criminally insane. His first week there, he was beaten so savagely that he almost died...........
Schizophrenia is an awful disease that in most cases can be controlled by medication allowing them to lead some sort of a normal life. Unfortunately, they often stop taking their meds and they immediately take off into their own world of psychosis........
My friend's brother developed a cancerous tumor on his leg and refused all medical treatment due to his mental condition. He then died of it...........
As a side note, my friend’s brother was living alone on a beach in northern Michigan when winter was coming on. He had to petition the local judge, a personal friend, to issue an order to have him committed to the state hospital. It was indeed a very complicated procedure but was necessary in his brother’s case despite what happened to him while he was there............