[Rapscallion]

Some psychiatric professional has to medically certify that a mentally ill person is not a thereat to himself or others before he can be released.

My suggestion: Make the therapist who certifies that a mentally ill person is fit for release bear the burden of legal accountability if the ill person goes off the rails.

Then the therapeutic community will not be so cavalier about inflicting the damage from the mentally ill onto the society.

[Chickensoup]

Some psychiatric professional has to medically certify that a mentally ill person is not a thereat to himself or others before he can be released.
My suggestion: Make the therapist who certifies that a mentally ill person is fit for release bear the burden of legal accountability if the ill person goes off the rails.

Then the therapeutic community will not be so cavalier about inflicting the damage from the mentally ill onto the society.
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The mental health community is in no way cavalier about releases. Patient right laws are so onerous that there is little ability to hold them.