[Jim from C-Town]

Yes, but 50 years ago the Supreme Court said that we could no longer involuntarily institutionalize the mentally ill without first getting a court order. They said that mental illness was not a crime and made it difficult to remove mentally insane Psychopaths from the streets. They declared that vagrancy and hobo laws where illegal and people had the right to pan handle and live on the street.

We closed all the state mental facilities that at one time housed the schizophrenics and mentally divergent who are often a danger to themselves and others.

Now instead of family members and doctors deciding if a person should be institutionalized, lawyers dressed in black robes make that decision. Like most thing lawyers get involved with, the mental health system is now all fu@ked up.

[Above My Pay Grade]

Judges (with input from family members and physicians) should make the decision whether to institutionize people, but they should be doing it more frequently.

[USCG SimTech]

Yes, but 50 years ago the Supreme Court said that we could no longer involuntarily institutionalize the mentally ill without first getting a court order. They said that mental illness was not a crime and made it difficult to remove mentally insane Psychopaths from the streets. They declared that vagrancy and hobo laws where illegal and people had the right to pan handle and live on the street.

We closed all the state mental facilities that at one time housed the schizophrenics and mentally divergent who are often a danger to themselves and others.

Now instead of family members and doctors deciding if a person should be institutionalized, lawyers dressed in black robes make that decision. Like most thing lawyers get involved with, the mental health system is now all fu@ked up.

Community Mental Health Act of 1963.

I remember the anger when all the mentals were kicked to the street thinking these new and modern drugs would fix everything. So big pharma told the politicians.