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F.O.A.D.

On 11/20/13, 12:10 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 07:07:06 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

A spokesperson for the facility said the same thing on CNN tonight
along with the thing Harry posted about how the Va law limits the
evaluation" to 6 hours.

It certainly sounds like this guy wanted to leave and they couldn't
hold him.

I will agree with Harry that we have a huge hole in the way we deal
with people with mental problems and I think those laws have a lot to
do with it. I am not sure simply drugging them and warehousing them in
a "cuckoo's nest" style facility is the way to go either.

As I have talked about before, I have a neighbor going through this
with their son. I do not see a good end to that either.

Did someone other than you mention "drugging them and warehousing" them?

What else do they do in cases of true mental illness?
They can certainly find the right cocktail of drugs to make someone
seem somewhat normal but that cocktail need to be constantly monitored
and adjusted. Then you have the problem that the patient simply stops
taking the drugs.

The flip side of that are the people with addiction problems. We
really have not come up with any long term plan to deal with those
people. You can dry them out and release them but most are back
abusing something pretty quickly.

True mental illness? Interesting choice of words. Drugs, therapy,
compassion, assistance can help many of those with "true mental illness"
lead better lives. And many people with addiction problems can
be helped out of their addictions and back to normal lives.

You're too quick to discard your fellow human beings who are suffering.

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